A randomized comparison of energy consumption when using different canes, inpatients after stroke
- Title
- A randomized comparison of energy consumption when using different canes, inpatients after stroke
- Author
- 장성호
- Keywords
- Hemiplegia; walking aid; gait quality
- Issue Date
- 2015-02
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
- Citation
- CLINICAL REHABILITATION, v. 29, NO 2, Page. 129-134
- Abstract
- Objectives: To investigate the differences in oxygen consumption associated with gait in hemiplegic patients according to the type of cane they use. Design: A randomized crossover design. Setting: University hospital-based rehabilitation center, Korea. Subjects: Thirty consecutive patients (mean SD age, 56.3 3.2 years) with chronic stroke, 17 (56.7%) males and 13 (43.3%) females. Interventions: At approximately the same time of day for three consecutive days, each participant completed a walk with one of three randomly assigned types of canes: a single-point cane, a quad cane, and a hemi-walker. Main outcome measure: Energy expenditure (O2 rate, mL/kg/min), energy cost (O2 cost, mL/kg/m), and heart rate (HR) via a portable gas analyzer, a 10-meter walk test (10MWT), and a 6-minute walk test (6MWT). Results: Energy expenditure, gait endurance, and gait velocity for a single-point cane were higher (p˂0.001 or p=0.005) than for any other type of cane. Energy cost (0.5 +/- 0.2 mL/kg/m vs. 0.6 +/- 0.2 mL/kg/m vs. 0.6 +/- 0.2 ml/kg/m, respectively, p=0.001) was lower for the single-point cane, except for HR (p 0.05) after the Bonferroni correction (0.05/5=0.01). Conclusions: A single-point cane requires less oxygen use at a given speed, or permits greater speed for the same oxygen consumption.
- URI
- http://cre.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/08/19/0269215514543932.abstracthttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/22449
- ISSN
- 0269-2155; 1477-0873
- DOI
- 10.1177/0269215514543932
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