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A weightbearing splint is recommended to allow your child to obtain weightbearing positions (i.e. crawling, side sitting).
Hand Splinting 2010
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Washington's head and forward leg are turned to his left, the torso faces straight out, and the foot of the weightbearing leg angles to his right.
Our First President, in Three Dimensions Catesby Leigh 2011
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A thumb spica splint can be made like the resting hand splint or the weightbearing splint with a hard plastic material or it can be ordered in a soft neoprene material.
Hand Splinting 2010
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A weightbearing splint can be worn during therapy sessions to keep the infant's weaker hand in an open position and may or may not support the elbow depending on the child's level of weakness.
Hand Splinting 2010
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This method also reduces the rehabilitation time, time to return to full weightbearing, work, school and recreational activities.
Dr. Rock Positano: Courting Controversy: Cosmetic Limb Lengthening Surgery 2008
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Swimming is not weightbearing and riding a bike is only partially weight-bearing.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Swimming is not weightbearing and riding a bike is only partially weight-bearing.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Swimming is not weightbearing and riding a bike is only partially weight-bearing.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Swimming is not weightbearing and riding a bike is only partially weight-bearing.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Being overweight, even just moderately, impacts weightbearing joints and can increase the pain of arthritis.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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