OTOSCOPE

The Crutch

The crutches are used to transfers weight from the legs to the upper body. Main users of crutches are people who cannot use their legs to support their weight. The main purpose of a crutch is not healing people whose legs are not okay, it is helping people to short-term or long-term.

The number of components of a crutch is at least 3; crutch pad, hand grip, crutch tip.

The shape and function of a crutch are not stable in medicine. For each injured, there are different crutches. The crutches’ types differ according to people’s weight, length, type of injury, age, other disabilities….