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A walking stick as an aid in medical rehabilitation is a walker that can be prescribed by a physician for certain indications for use in the " interior and exterior areas / road ". To distinguish as rehabilitation aids are the (simple) walking stick (indication " walking difficulties with the temporary need to relieve a skeleton section. Depending on the individual need can also be a double-sided use of walking sticks be displayed. " ) And the walking stick with anatomic handle ( indication " disabled by limitations of active or passive musculoskeletal and / or coordination difficulties in the running phase ").

Mobility problems in this sense means a congenital or acquired form or function error of the support and locomotor system, which can be either a permanent or a temporary disability as well as a temporary (eg after a fracture or other type of accident ).

Clarifying the concepts

Anatomical handles are displayed in one of the above disability [ s ] in connection with arthrosis in the wrist strain complaints in the palm of your hand when using normal hand sticks and / or the need to have to walk with two sticks. While a walking stick with a " disabled by limitations of active or passive musculoskeletal and / or coordination difficulties during the running period [ ... ] and / or the need to have to walk with two sticks " prescribed, this is done in a hand Stock at indication of a " lighter mobility problems without the need for relief from the skeleton. " A walking stick with three, four or five " feet" called Mehrfußgehhilfe

Walking Sticks

( Easy ) walking stick

In the resource directory of the statutory health insurance (SHI ) is the walking stick as an aid in medical rehabilitation in the product group " 10 - walking aids " for the application site " 50 - interior and exterior areas / roads " in the product sub-group "01 - Hand-/Gehstöcke " " 1000-1999 " is defined as a product. Described in the aid list a walking stick is equipped as "from [ a ] metal pipe " consisting, with a little in itself flexible, non-slip rubber tread and a " functionally designed handle " having. An individual adaptation to the height of the floor by a user is " existing height adjustment " is possible. The correct pole length is determined by the distance between the floor and ulnar Carpalgelenk of the diffracted to about 20-30 ° at the elbow of the arm stationary user is measured. The handle is shaped so that it provides the user's hand close to a horizontal support surface and " hand functionally formed " - and on both sides of the walking stick, to the right or to the left, can be used.

Walking stick with anatomic handle

The walking stick with anatomical handle is in the list of tools in the product group " 10 - walking aids " for the application site " 50 - interior and exterior areas / roads " in the product sub-group "01 - Hand-/Gehstöcke " as a product " 2000-2999 " defined. Described in the aid list a walking stick is equipped as "from [ a ] metal pipe " consisting, with a little in itself flexible, non-slip rubber tread and a " anatomically correct hand grip area corresponding to the left and right hand differently designed [en ] handle " having. An individual adaptation to the height of the floor by a user is " existing height adjustment " is possible. The anatomical handle " normal palm correspondingly shaped ", so that the pressure distribution over the largest possible surface is possible because (in contrast to a standard handle) the entire palm of the hand can be inserted to support - by the pressure distribution on a larger surface area is the wrist of relieved, " so [ that ] overall higher and longer lasting physical loads are possible.