The Difference Between Actual and Prescribed Weight Bearing of Total Hip Patients With a Trochanteric Osteotomy: Long-Term Vertical Force Measurements Inside and Outside the Hospital

Partial weight bearing at a specific target load was not achieved by patients with a THA when given verbal instructions. Especially when using a low target load and when walking at home with no supervision of a physical therapist, patients loaded the operated leg higher and more frequently above the target load. Other training methods (eg, biofeedback) have to be evaluated to use as training tools for partial weight bearing at specific target loads.