Title:The Development of Crutch Tips for Axillary Crutches
Author:Ichiro Kitayama, (The Hyogo Assistech), Shinichiro Kawahara, (Hanshin Three Bond Co., Ltd.)
Yusuke Kibe, (Three Bond Co., Ltd. )
Proceedings of 12th Japanese Conference of Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology, Vol.12, pp.441-442
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Ichiro Kitayama (The Hyogo Assistech)
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Abstract:
In this paper, crutch tips for axillary crutches made of ethylene-propylene rubbers are reported. Made of those kinds of rubbers, they have several advantages. That is, they can be added favorite colors in the produced process. They seldom melt and change colors. And they have no poisonous ingredients. The authors make two kinds of them for axillary crutches made of woods, because they are popularly used in Japanese hospitals now. The authors put the two new types through an endurance test. The test is continued for one hundred hours on condition that one hundred degree centigrade and two point five kilogram weight. Also, they put the old one made of a natural rubber through the same test. On comparison between the new ones and the old one, the formers are more enduring and less meltable than the latter. They also report that the users have a good impression to the new ones.