measuring weight using beam balance scale ehes training material
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Measuring weight using beam balance scale EHES Training Material . Exclusion criteria. Weight is not measured if participant is immobile or in a wheelchair has severe difficulties standing steady is heavier than the upper limit of the scale refuses. Equipment . Beam balance scale - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Measuring weight using beam balance
scale
EHES Training Material
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Exclusion criteriaWeight is not measured if participant
• is immobile or in a wheelchair • has severe difficulties standing steady• is heavier than the upper limit of the scale• refuses
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Equipment • Beam balance scale• Calibration weights• Carpenter’s level
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Clothing during weight measurement
• Ask the participant to undress to his/her underwear
• If the participant refuses or feels uncomfortable to undress, ask him/her • to take off shoes, heavy garments such as
jacket, pullover, belts, heavy jewellery, and • to empty pockets
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Posture• Ask the participant to
stand still• in the centre of the
platform • arms hanging loosely at
sides• weight distributed
evenly on both feet
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Weight measurement• Move the weights until
the beam balances properly
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Recording • Record weight to the resolution of the scale• Record extra clothing, if more than underwear• If the participant is pregnant, ask and record
pregnancy weeks and the weight before pregnancy separately from the measured weight
• If weight is not measured, record the reason• Record the number of the measurement device
used
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Acknowledgements• Slides
• Johanna Mäki-Opas, Hanna Tolonen, Päivikki Koponen• Photographs
• Hanna Tolonen• Measurement demonstration
• Liisa Saarikoski, Katri Kilpeläinen, Ulla Leskinen, Shadia Rask, Ari Haukijärvi