LOW-INTENSITY, ALTERNATE-DAY EXERCISE IMPROVES MUSCLE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT APPARENT ADVERSE AFFECT IN POSTPOLIO PATIENTS1
| Autor: | Arthur A. Rodriquez, Joel T. Curt, Eileen R. Swiggum, James C. Agre, Todd Franke, Robert L. Harmon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Physical exercise Electromyography medicine.disease Intensity (physics) Motor unit Central nervous system disease medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Physical therapy sense organs Ankle medicine.symptom Adverse effect business Muscle contraction |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 75:50-58 |
| ISSN: | 0894-9115 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a low-intensity, alternate-day, 12 wk quadriceps muscle-strengthening exercise program on muscle strength and muscle and motor unit integrity in 12 postpolio patients. Patients performed six to ten repetitions of a 5-s duration knee extension exercise with ankle weights. After completing six repetitions, patients rated the perceived exertion (RPE) in the exercised muscle. The patient continued repetitions until RPE was >/= 17 or ten repetitions were performed. The weight was increased the next exercise day whenever the RPE was 0.05) increase. The EMG and the serum CK variables also did not significantly (P >0.05) change as a result of the exercise program. We conclude that performance was improved, as demonstrated by an increase in the amount of weight the patients lifted in the exercise program. No evidence was found to show that this program adversely affected the motor units or the muscle as the EMG and CK did not change. |
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