Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2010

The Effectiveness of Walking Stick Use for Neurogenic Claudication: Results From a Randomized Trial and the Effects on Walking Tolerance and Posture

  • Christine M. Comer, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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  • Mark I. Johnson, PhD, BSc, PGCHE

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
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  • Paul R. Marchant, PhD, CStat, BSc, MSc, FRAS

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Information and Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University, NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK
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  • Anthony C. Redmond, PhD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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  • Howard A. Bird, MD, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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  • Philip G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
    • Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Philip G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Chapeltown Road, Leeds LS7 4SA, United Kingdom

 Supported by a project grant from Leeds Primary Care Trusts Research Consortium. Comer is funded in part by the Arthritis Research Campaign UK (grant no. 18183).

 Trial registration is ISRCTN registered (ISRCTN35836727) and NRR registered (N0436193958).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00757-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.08.149

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2010

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