Perception and education of unilateral weightbearing amongst health care professionals.

Full Abstract

Studies have shown that healthy individuals cannot accurately judge the degree of weightbearing through one lower extremity [Bohannon R, Waters G, Cooper J. Perception of unilateral lower extremity weightbearing during bilateral upright stance. Percept Mot Skills 69;1989:875-80]. This study of 40 healthcare professionals assessed a simple education process to see if this perception could be improved. Weightbearing was assessed before and after the education process, a familiarisation exercise with a set of bathroom scales. The education process had no significant effect on individual's perception of weightbearing, nor was there any difference between members of the multi-disciplinary team. As an important aspect of patient care, further work is necessary to identify an accurate and reproducible method of quantifying weightbearing.

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Author information

Author/s: Sutton, Paul (P); Stedman, Jonathan (J); Livesley, Peter (P);

Affiliation: University of Nottingham Medical School, Queens Medical Centre University Hospital NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, UK. paulsutton01(-atsign-)doctors.org.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Injury (Injury), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Feb; vol 38 (issue 2) : pp 163-4

Dates: Created 2007/01/09; Completed 2008/01/08;

PMID: 16979640, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Education, Continuing - methods
Health Personnel - education; psychology
Humans
Leg - physiology

Leg - physiology
Orthopedic Procedures - rehabilitation
Weight Perception
Weight-Bearing

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