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Descriptor English: Canes
Descriptor Spanish: Bastones
Descriptor bastones
Scope note: Bastones utilizados como auxiliares para la marcha. Un bastón puede tener tres o cuatro patas en el extremo del tubo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bengala
Descriptor French: Cannes
Entry term(s): Cane
Stick, Walking
Sticks, Walking
Walking Stick
Walking Sticks
Tree number(s): E07.858.442.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002183
Scope note: Sticks used as walking aids. The canes may have three or four prongs at the end of the shaft.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT 1975-90
DeCS ID: 2215
Unique ID: D002183
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 1992/05/07
Canes - Preferred
Concept UI M0003264
Scope note Sticks used as walking aids. The canes may have three or four prongs at the end of the shaft.
Preferred term Canes
Entry term(s) Cane
Stick, Walking
Sticks, Walking
Walking Stick
Walking Sticks



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