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Measuring weight using beam balance scale EHES Training Material

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

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Measuring weight using beam balance scale EHES Training Material

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  1. Measuring weight using beam balance scaleEHES Training Material

  2. 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

  3. Equipment • Beam balance scale • Calibration weights • Carpenter’s level

  4. 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

  5. Posture • Ask the participant to stand still • in the centre of the platform • arms hanging loosely at sides • weight distributed evenly on both feet

  6. Weight measurement • Move the weights until the beam balances properly

  7. 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

  8. Acknowledgements • Slides • Johanna Mäki-Opas, Hanna Tolonen, Päivikki Koponen • Photographs • Hanna Tolonen • Measurement demonstration • Liisa Saarikoski, Katri Kilpeläinen, Ulla Leskinen, Shadia Rask, Ari Haukijärvi

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