New Method for Monitoring Partial Weight Bearing (PWB) of Outpatients with an Independent Insole Sensor System

• Published in: Acta chirurgiae orthopaedicae et traumatologiae Čechoslovaca Vol. 83; no. 2; p. 88
• Main Authors: Döbele, S, Deininger, C, Sandmann, G H, Schmitt, A, Freude, T, Stöckle, U, Lucke, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Czech Republic 2016
• Subjects: Feedback, Sensory; Female; Foot Orthoses; Fractures, Bone - rehabilitation; Fractures, Bone - surgery; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Male; Outpatients; Walking - physiology; Weight-Bearing

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Partial weight bearing (PWB) is commonly prescribed post operatively following lower limb fractures and compliance with the weight bearing protocol is an essential element of the rehabilitation. So far it is unknown to what extent patients do comply with PWB during the healing p...