Weight Bearing Study Using Digital Scales in Hemiplegic Patients.
- Author:
Joon Sung KIM
1
;
Sae Yoon KANG
;
Jong Kil KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Weight bearing;
Lower extremities;
Hemiplegia;
Digital scales
- MeSH:
Foot;
Hemiplegia;
Humans;
Lower Extremity;
Weight-Bearing*;
Weights and Measures*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2000;24(6):1055-1060
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the differences between weight bearing through the plegic and nonplegic lower extremities in hemiplegic patients in various standing conditions. METHOD: We used digital scales to measure weight bearing among 13 hemiplegic patients when they performed comfortable standing, maximal weight shifting to each lower extremity, step standing with each foot on a step, and maximal weight shifting to each lower extremity again. RESULTS: 1) Patients bore significantly more weight on their nonplegic lower extremity than on their plegic one during comfortable standing (p<0.05). 2) They bore significantly more weight on their nonplegic lower extremity than on their plegic lower extremity when maximal weight shifting was done (p<0.01). 3) They bore very significantly more weight on the lower extremity that was not on the step during step standing regardless of whether it was plegic or nonplegic (p<0.001). 4) When maximal weight shifting was done again, the weight bearing of plegic lower extremity was insignificantly decreased compared to that before step standing (p>0.05) and the weight bearing of nonplegic lower extremity was insignificantly increased (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: Step standing was a very useful training method of facilitating the weight bearing in hemiplegic lower extremity.
