TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The effect of lightly gripping a cane on the dynamic balance control
JO  - Open biomedical engineering journal
A1  - Oshita, Kazushige
A1  - Yano, Sumio
SP  - 146
EP  - 150
VL  - 9
IS  - 
N2  - The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of lightly gripping a cane on the Functional Reach Test (FRT) to evaluate dynamic balance. 21 healthy men (19±1 years) were asked to perform the FRT three times. The standard FRT was performed in the first and third trials. In the second trial, participants in a light-grip group (n = 11) were told to lightly grip (but to not apply force for mechanical support) the cane during the FRT. Participants in a depend-on-cane group (n = 10) were told to perform the FRT while supporting their weight with the cane. FRT is improved by not only supporting a person's own weight with a cane but also just lightly gripping the cane. These findings would be helpful in the development of a useful application to improve the human movement using a haptic sensory supplementation for activities of daily living.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1874-1207
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874120701509010146
ID  - ref1
ER  -