The Energy Costs of Ambulation Using Two Types of Walking Frame
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Rehabilitation
- Vol. 2 (2) , 119-123
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026921558800200205
Abstract
Using a technique based on heart-rate measurements, it has been found that the physiological energy costs incurred by elderly patients ambulating with a Rollator walking frame were only half of those associated with the Zimmer frame. It is proposed that the relatively simple experimental approach described here could profitably be applied, within the clinical environment, to compare the effectiveness of different approaches in facilitating or promoting energy-efficient gait.Keywords
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