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Descriptor English: Weight-Bearing
Descriptor Spanish: Soporte de Peso
Descriptor soporte de peso
Entry term(s) carga axial
soporte de carga
Scope note: Estado físico de soportar una carga aplicada. Frecuentemente se refiere al soporte de peso por parte de los huesos y articulaciones sobre los que gravita todo el peso corporal, especialmente la columna vertebral, las caderas, las rodillas y los pies.
Descriptor Portuguese: Suporte de Carga
Descriptor French: Mise en charge
Entry term(s): Axial Loading
Axial Loadings
Load Bearing
Load-Bearing
Loadbearing
Weight Bearing
Weightbearing
Tree number(s): G01.374.965
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016474
Scope note: The physical state of supporting an applied load. This often refers to the weight-bearing bones or joints that support the body's weight, especially those in the spine, hip, knee, and foot.
Annotation: by machines & humans or animals; for weight-bearing bones or joints, coordinate NIM with specific bone or joint with /physiol (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: PH physiology
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29747
Unique ID: D016474
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/03
Revision Date: 2016/01/20
Weight-Bearing - Preferred
Concept UI M0025160
Scope note The physical state of supporting an applied load. This often refers to the weight-bearing bones or joints that support the body's weight, especially those in the spine, hip, knee, and foot.
Preferred term Weight-Bearing
Entry term(s) Load Bearing
Load-Bearing
Loadbearing
Weight Bearing
Weightbearing
Axial Loading - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000611372
Scope note Application of force along the axis of the body (see AXIS), body parts, or PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS.
Preferred term Axial Loading
Entry term(s) Axial Loadings



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