To enable objective measurements of weight bearing in hip replacement patients a portable instrument set-up with an on-line registering pressure-sensitive insole was developed. Six men and 9 women, median age 58 (48–67) years, who had been operated on with a cementless or hybrid hip arthroplasty were studied. All patients were independent and functional. A physiotherapist instructed the patient...

We believe that a certain subset of surgical ankle fracture patients can be made weight-bearing as tolerated immediately following surgery. Immediate weight-bearing as tolerated (IWBAT) allows patients to return to ambulation and activities of daily living faster and may facilitate rehabilitation. A prospectively gathered orthopaedic trauma database at a Level 1 trauma center was reviewed retro...

The study investigates the effects of eccentric exercise of the quadriceps on proprioception of the knee in weight and non-weight bearing tasks. Proprioception of the exercised leg was assessed at 120° and 150° of knee extension in 15 healthy adults (age 25.0 ± 3.6 yrs) before, immediately after, and 24h following eccentric exercise of the quadriceps. Three tests of proprioception were performe...

E. Yeakel (4) reported on changes in liver weight as compared to body weight in Wistar a! bino rats bearing induced or transplanted tumors. He concluded that the liver weight of the tumor bearing host is increased yet does not show any correlation either to the body weight or to the weight of the tumor. Autopsies carried out in this laboratory on rats and mice bearing spontaneous or grafted tum...

Hip fractures are an important public health issue. By the age of 90, 32% of women and 17% of men have suffered a hip fracture (Gallagher et al 1980). By the year 2050 there will be about 2.3 million annual hip fractures globally (Gullberg et al 1997). Unfortunately, outcomes after hip fracture are often poor (Marottoli et al 1992). If more effective rehabilitation strategies could be developed...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of general principles of person transfer techniques specifically on the low back joint extension moment. These effects were examined by the following measurable quantitative parameters: 1) trunk bending angle, 2) knee flexion angle, 3) distance between the centers of gravity (COGs) of the caregiver and patient, representing the distance betwe...