The walking cane length influences the postural sway of community-dwelling older women.
Camila Thais Pinto CamaraSandra Maria Sbeghen Ferreira de FreitasCamila Astolphi LimaCésar Ferreira AmorimJanina Manzieri Prado-RicoMonica Rodrigues PerraciniPublished in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2019)
Longer canes increased the postural sway in the older women and restricted the body weight loaded on the cane. Improper cane length influences the postural sway particularly in a semitandem stance of regular cane users. This may cause a negative impact on postural stability required in daily life activities. The current findings may contribute to the prescription of this assistive device for older adults.