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- Title
Cardiorespiratory responses to aerobic training by patients with postpoliomyelitis sequelae.
- Authors
Jones, D R; Speier, J; Canine, K; Owen, R; Stull, G A
- Abstract
We examined the cardiorespiratory responses of 16 patients with postpoliomyelitis sequelae to a 16-week aerobic exercise program. The patients exercised at 70% of maximal heart rate. Dependent variables were resting and maximal heart rates, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, maximum oxygen consumption, maximum carbon dioxide consumption, respiratory quotient, and maximum expired volume per unit time. The exercise group was superior to the control group in watts, exercise time, maximum expired volume per unit time, and maximum oxygen consumption. No untoward events or loss of leg strength occurred as a result of the exercise regimen. We conclude that the aerobic training program employed in this study is a safe, short-term procedure and that patients with postpolio sequelae respond to training in a manner similar to healthy adults.
- Subjects
COMPLICATIONS from polio; BLOOD pressure; COMPARATIVE studies; EXERCISE therapy; HEART beat; HEMODYNAMICS; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; NEUROMUSCULAR diseases; RESEARCH; RESPIRATION; PULMONARY function tests; STATISTICAL sampling; EVALUATION research; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1989, Vol 261, Issue 22, p3255
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.261.22.3255