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The effect of cane length and step height on muscle strength and body balance of elderly people in a stairway environment

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology, December 2014
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  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (66th percentile)

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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
Published in
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/1880-6805-33-36
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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.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 54 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
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 %
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

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
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Physiological Anthropology
#3
of 9 outputs
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