And in all cases, increasing levels of non-weight-bearing exercise such as swimming or cycling had no association with knee OA risk.

Compared with shoulder surgeons, results showed trauma surgeons had a more aggressive approach to rehabilitation with regard to time to weight-bearing status and passive range of motion after ...

Time to weight-bear showed no significant link with complication rates after fixation for ankle fracture. More research is needed to identify which patients should be kept non-weight-bearing longer.

For an exercise to be weight-bearing, the skeleton must support weight, as it does when you walk, jog or lift weights. Pedaling a bicycle is weight-bearing only if you stand in the pedals, says ...