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What is non weight bearing?
You have two bones in your lower leg. The large tibia and the smaller fibula. The fibula does not bear the weight of your body when you use your legs to walk.
Is the femur weight bearing?
The fibula does not bear weight, but several muscles originate from it. The fibula, is the thinner bone in the lower leg, not made for weight bearing, however the tibia is made for weight bearing, which is the larger bone in the lower leg.
What is the weight bearing bones of the lower limb?
Fibula
What is the weight-bearing bone of the leg called?
femur, tibia, fibula
Which bone in leg is weight bearing?
All the bones in the human leg are weight bearing except the fibula.
Which bones are weight bearing bones?
Weight-bearing bones include the femur (thigh bone), tibia and fibula (lower leg bones), and the bones of the foot such as the talus, calcaneus, and metatarsals. These bones support the body's weight during activities like standing, walking, and running.
What are the three weight bearing bones mostly affected by density changes?
Femur, tibia, and the bones in your foot (phalanges, metatarsals, and tarsals). However, the fibula does not because all's the fibula does is support the tibia. thanks
What is the abbreviation for non weight bearing?
NWB
Which bone is the medial leg bone?
The think lateral leg bone is the fibula. It is a non-weight bearing bone, but forms the lateral portion of your ankle joint.
What is the name of your two lower leg bones?
The two lower leg bones are called the tibia and fibula. The tibia is the larger and weight-bearing bone located on the inner side of the leg, while the fibula is thinner and situated on the outer side of the leg.
How long before you start putting weight on a broken fibula and ankle?
The duration of the non-weight bearing phase after an ankle fracture depends on a number of factors. If a fracture is unstable non-weight bearing is critical to healing. If the fracture is stable by itself of after "reduction" by a healthcare professional (either conservatively or through the application of plates and screws surgically), the non-weight-bearing phase depends on the doctors' training and preference. The standard protocol in the US for a stable ankle fracture is six weeks non-weight-bearing in a cast followed by six to 10 weeks gradual weight bearing in a walking cast or removable boot. In Europe and some other parts of the world, physicians are using casting less and less and employing a high quality walking boot. This allows the doctor to shorten the non-weight-bearing phase to 2 to 3 weeks followed by 4 to six weeks full weight bearing combined with daily physical therapy with the boot removed. See the following studies: http://www.springerlink.com/content/r163600g5l3277pq/?p=864a0d6c943f454ab5337b38a21e42b9&pi=0 http://www.springerlink.com/content/8118r23608461448/
Can you live without your fibula?
My husband is scheduled for surgery for the removal of his fibula. He has had two previous surgeries with no relief of the pain. First meniscus tear, then part of the fibula was cut away. Two different surgeons. Now a new surgeon by reading the op reports and seeing the area of the pain, feels the fibula needs to go. What could happen without the fibula?
