Relationship between Weight of Our Developed White Cane and Muscle Load on the Upper Limbs during Swinging Action of the Cane

Autor:	Atsushi Sugama, Katsuhiro Kanamori, Masaaki Sugiyama, Kouki Doi, Akito Miyazaki, Shuichi Ino, Takahiro Nishimura, Kazuhiko Kosuge, Akihiko Seo, Kiyohiko Nunokawa, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Ken Kaneko, Mayumi Sawada, Susumu Ouchi
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	White cane Animal science Long period food and beverages Quantitative Evaluations Biology Cane biology.organism_classification
Zdroj:	Communications in Computer and Information Science ISBN: 9783642394720 HCI (28)
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-642-39473-7_47
Popis:	The present study aimed to investigate the influence of the weight of white canes on upper limb load. Concretely, we conducted quantitative evaluations of the load on upper limb muscles during swinging action of the cane. The white canes used were a new type of white cane newly fabricated using aramid fibers, as well as a conventional type of white cane fabricated using carbon fibers. The results indicated that the newly developed cane reduced the load on the muscles by about 50% in comparison with the conventional type of cane. It became clear that it was possible to sustain the same posture even when used continuously over a long period of time.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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