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M I Drury
British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)
I welcome their interest in this neglected subject, but the results published provide no evidence whatever that "incorrect" length sticks are dangerous.
Abstract
SIR,-In their study of 62 walking sticks used by the elderly (12 June, p 1751) Drs R Sainsbury and G P Mulley comment that "of the 24 patients who had fallen while using their sticks, 18 (75%) had sticks of the incorrect length. This suggests that sticks that are not of the conventionally accepted length may be dangerous." This is a remarkable conclusion since they found that 45 of 60 sticks (75%) studied were of incorrect length. I welcome their interest in this neglected subject, but the results published provide no evidence whatever that "incorrect" length sticks are dangerous.