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quad cane (4-point or multiple-point cane)
Indications:
- stroke with hemiparesis [2]
Advantages:
1) increased base of support
2) permits more weight-bearing
3) cane can stand upright on floor when not in use
- hands may be free to do other tasks
Disadvantages:
1) all legs of the cane need to be in simultaneous contact with the ground, thus promotes abnormal gait (GRS9) [2]
2) incompatible with fast gait or unven ground
General
orthopedic cane
References
- Van Hook FW, Demonbreun D, Weiss BD.
Ambulatory devices for chronic gait disorders in the elderly.
Am Fam Physician. 2003 Apr 15;67(8):1717-24. Review.
PMID: 12725450
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9)
Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2016
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2022