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Crutches

Crutches were also used in ECW alot, so they are also a weapon. Whopper 00:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Really? I was unaware of their role in the English Civil War.

The entry for 'Strutters' claims advantages over traditional crutches and that the design has been unchanged since the 19thC, both points which clearly apply to underarm/axillary crutches only, not to forearm crutches. The point relating to upper-leg atrophy for 'knee support crutches' seems heavily dependent on the type of injury/disability and gait pattern of the user, for instance they would be useless to someone with an above knee injury/disability. I'd recommend reordering the list by frequency of use, which would give forearm, underarm, (the rest). DWG 4-Jun-2006

I enjoyed that second comment up there. Also it seems as if strutters has been strategically placed as an advertisement. I mean they should be in there, but not read like some sales pitch. Youknowthatoneguy 10:22, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Advertising

The External Links for Strutter Use and Types of Crutches are both just advertisements, not factual resources. It seems to me that they don't belong here.

A quick web search turned up a lot more advertising, and then this: Crutches which provides some but not all of the same information as the article.

I would be inclined to just remove those two External Links. Being a newbie I hesitate to do that without first mentioning it here. Any objections?

--Sylvia A 01:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold in removing inappropriate links and replacing them with higher-quality references. If someone disagrees and reverts your change, you can discuss it here. The cycle of bold edit, reversion, discussion is a common pattern here. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 03:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first link returned a 404 error, and the second link was spam. I deleted them. 71.40.2.82 18:27, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Slang

I removed the following from the slang section:

The term, crutch, is also used in slang terminology to mean, "Something that is not fashionable or reliable."^{[citation needed]} Example: Those shoes are so crutch. When are you gonna buy some new ones? The term relates to the term, "Lame" which contains a similar if not identical slang meaning.

After searching on google and usenet for phrases such as "is crutch" "so crutch" "very crutch" "totally crutch" "that's crutch" I couldn't find ANY relevant results. Well, unless you count Merriam Webster's Open Dictionary, which contains the same example sentence, word for word. From looking at the dates on the pages, someone presumably saw it there and then copied it here about two weeks later, without verifying it (it's not the same person). If anyone's using this at all, it probably hasn't extended beyond a group of friends, specific school, etc and isn't notable enough to mention here or in wiktionary (where it wasn't added at all). 75.36.128.21 21:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Underarm Crutches

Properly used, underarm crutches do not redirect the body's weight to the underarms, but to various arm and shoulder muscles. The "armpit pads" should rest against the rib cage, not the armpits themselves. Article altered slightly to reflect this, in addition to some regular copyediting and cleanup. --Ninly (talk) 17:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From My training ... there are only 4 types of crutches

I do not feel I am at liberty to alter the parent article on this subject. But it does need to be re-edited. I leave these notes for some one else to include to that article.

1) Strut or Bow Crutches: where the height reaches the under arm. These can be wood or metal.

2) Sister Kenny Crutches: where rather than having a under arm point the crutch has a Leather loop that is positioned ABOVE the elbow

3) Canadian Crutches: where rather than having a under arm point the crutch has a Leather loop that is positioned BELOW the elbow

4) Laughstrand Crutches: metal crutches where there is a partial loop of metal BELOW the elbow. The term is pronounced with emphasis on the 'u' with a silent 'a'

Respectfully Submitted,

Peter Kelley St. Paul, MN —Preceding unsigned comment added by MstrPBK (talk • contribs) 17:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about knee crutches?

What about knee crutches? I think the I walk free should be mentioned here alongside the oneCrutch. It's a similar design. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.38.132 (talk) 20:53, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]