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Title |
The effect of cane length and step height on muscle strength and body balance of elderly people in a stairway environment
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Published in |
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1880-6805-33-36 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Zi Ying Li, Chinmei Chou |
Abstract |
It has been reported that 75% of stairway accidents occur while descending stairs. Using a cane can help to prevent older people and those with limited mobility from falling. However, studies have shown that two-thirds of older cane users use a cane that is longer than the recommended length, which may cause unnecessary muscular loads. This study aims to assess balance and muscular load in older people descending different height steps with different cane lengths. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 54 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 54 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 13 | 24% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
Researcher | 3 | 6% |
Other | 6 | 11% |
Unknown | 14 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 22% |
Sports and Recreations | 7 | 13% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 9% |
Engineering | 4 | 7% |
Neuroscience | 3 | 6% |
Other | 10 | 19% |
Unknown | 13 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 December 2014.
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#3,342,575
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Outputs from Journal of Physiological Anthropology
#88
of 451 outputs
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#44,268
of 360,029 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Physiological Anthropology
#3
of 9 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 451 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 22.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% of its peers.
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