Weight bearing
Full Weight Bearing[edit | edit source]
Partial Weight Bearing[edit | edit source]
Partial weight bearing is a broad term and can range from anything greater than non-weight bearing to anything less than full weight bearing. Most of the definitions in literature defin partial weight bearing as from 30% to 50% of body weight.Partial weight bearing may be recommended during fracture rehabilitation, following osteotomies and orthopaedic procedures.
Touch Weight Bearing[edit | edit source]
Touch weight bearing is poorly defined in the available literature. Hershko et al. defines it as up to 20% of body weight however others define touch weight bearing as a numerical value up to around 20kg.
References[edit | edit source]
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Rubin G, Monder O, Zohar R, Oster A, Konra O, Rozen N. Toe-Touch Weight Bearing: Myth or Reality?. ORTHOPEDICS. 2010; 33
