non-weight-bearing
Off the leg
Non-weight-bearing describes a restriction where a limb—usually a leg or foot—must not support any body weight.
Doctors prescribe this after fractures, surgery, or severe injuries to allow healing: She was non-weight-bearing for six weeks after the ankle surgery.
The patient uses crutches, a wheelchair, or a walker to keep all pressure off the affected limb.
Mobility aids for injured
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- fractureSplit in hard material
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
cast · rehabilitation · orthopedic · healing · post-surgical · injured · restricted · protected
Locomotion through water
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
- poolCollective fund or basin
- hydrotherapyWater-based medical treatment
- seatedIn a chair
cycling · rowing · recumbent · flotation · buoyancy · low-impact · elliptical · prone
Extremely weak gravitational force
- zero-gravityAbsence of gravitational pull
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- orbitalRevolving around another
- floatingStaying atop liquid
ISS · spacecraft · freefall · spaceflight · NASA · cosmonaut · station · deconditioning
crutches
Mobility aids for injured
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- fractureSplit in hard material
recovery · cast · rehabilitation · orthopedic · healing · post-surgical · injured · restricted · protected · bone
swimming
Locomotion through water
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
- poolCollective fund or basin
- hydrotherapyWater-based medical treatment
seated · cycling · rowing · recumbent · flotation · buoyancy · low-impact · elliptical · prone · supine
microgravity
Extremely weak gravitational force
- zero-gravityAbsence of gravitational pull
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- orbitalRevolving around another
floating · ISS · spacecraft · freefall · spaceflight · NASA · cosmonaut · station · deconditioning · countermeasures
non-weight-bearingweight-bearing
Supporting physical mass
load-bearing · FWB · structural · supporting · standing
weight, bearing, weigh, weighs, weighed, weighing, weightless, weightlessness, weighty