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Walking Stick/Cane Treatment Report

Brand Names: Walking cane/rubber tip, Fashion Canes, Forearm crutches, Folding Cane, Quad Cane, Hiking Pole, Adjustable Cane With Hand Support, Canadian crutch, Arm canes, Offset Walking Stick, Tracks Walking Stick, AbleTip, Made by me, Standard Crutch, Keen Mobility Cane, Orthotic Mobility Sure Step

What is Walking Stick/Cane? A walking stick or cane is a tool used by many people to assist walking. It may be used to assist with balance, or to bear weight taking pressure off of muscles. There are many different styles to suit individual needs and preferences.


Reasons used

1376 patients in the community are using or have used Walking Stick/Cane.

Top 10 (Show all)

Duration

How long current patients have been using Walking Stick/Cane or how long patients were using Walking Stick/Cane before stopping.

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Walking Stick/Cane

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
4
7
74
135
351

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
7
8
11
10
13
44
Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 56 60% Other: 60%
Course of treatment ended 15 16% Course of treatment ended: 16%
Did not seem to work 13 14% Did not seem to work: 14%
Not indicated 7 7% Not indicated: 7%
Side effects too severe 4 4% Side effects too severe: 4%
Doctor's advice 4 4% Doctor's advice: 4%
Personal research 2 2% Personal research: 2%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 90 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 43% 9
Moderate 29% 6
Slight 14% 3
None 5% 1
Can't tell 10% 2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 2% 2
Moderate 8% 7
Mild 17% 15
None 73% 66

Top reported side-effects include: Back pain, loss of a free hand, some uncoordination with use

Summary results are based on 90 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 90)

  • JesswithMS
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • JesswithMS
  • by JesswithMS
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Balance problems

  • notgivenup
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • notgivenup
  • by notgivenup
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Walking Stick/Cane

Report created on November 07, 2009.