title: Assessing the accuracy of partial weight-bearing instruction.
abstract: A force-monitoring platform was used to ascertain accuracy in following instructions concerning partial weight bearing. Three groups of healthy volunteers were instructed to bear 60 pounds of weight on a foot in one of three ways: on a bathroom scale, against a therapist's hand, or on a force-monitoring platform. The accuracy of each group, tested against platform measures, revealed significantly greater accuracy in the group instructed on the force-monitoring platform.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McClanahan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D003446:Crutches; D004434:Early Ambulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology; D014853:Walkers; D016474:Weight-Bearing