Dr. Aditi Vinay Pandya, Dr. Nidhi Suthar

A Comparative Study of Weight Bearing Status Between Dominant and Non-Dominant Lower Extremity in Normal Individuals

  • General Medicine
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Background and need of study: Many individuals tend to exhibit unequal weight bearing on both the lower limbs. There is a need to check the total weight distribution on the dominant and the non- dominant lower extremity. More weight distribution on one extremity can cause certain changes due to overweight. Purpose: Purpose of this study is to compare the amount of weight bearing given by an individual on the dominant lower extremity with the non- dominant lower extremity. Methodology: Individual lower extremity weight bearing checked by making a person stand keeping one lower extremity on the weight machine and the other on the wooden block kept at the distance of 3 inches from the weight machine and subtracting the redeem from the total weight of the person. Ethical clearance has been taken. Result: Statistical analysis done by using SPSS version 20. There is significant difference between the weight bearing on the dominant and non-dominant lower extremity. There is significantly more weight bearing on the dominant lower extremity in normal individuals. Level of significance (p=0.00). Amount of weight bearing on the dominant lower extremity is 4.22% more than the non- dominant lower extremity. Conclusion: the result of the study suggests that weight bearing on the dominant lower extremity is more than the non-dominant lower extremity in normal individuals. Key words: weight bearing status, dominant lower extremity, non-dominant lower extremity.

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