The study reported here investigated the effects of three cane tips (cylindrical, curved, round) on sticking, curb detection, and the percentage of time spent in continuous movement by 15 subjects who were students or professors in the Department of Blind Rehabilitation at Western Michigan University. A counterbalanced design was used to achieve experimental control. The results of this study indicate that although the subjects preferred the curved tip, and both the curved and round tips stuck less often than did the cylindrical tip, the observed differences did not prove to be significant, and no differences were noted in the other dependent measures.
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