Design of an Instrumented Cane for Real-Time Force Feedback

1. About Stroke. American Stroke Association. http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/About‐ Stroke_UCM_308529_SubHomePage.jsp. Published 2012. 2. Kesar TM, et al. Functional Electrical Stimulation of Ankle Plantarflexor and Dorsiflexor Muscles: Effects on Poststroke Gait. Stroke. 2009. 3. Chen et al. Temporal Stride and Force Analysis of Cane‐Assisted Gait in People with Hemiplegic Stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001. The average calibrated difference in force readings between cane and force plate data (Figure 2) was ‐1.933 N, which is only 0.68% of total average forces.