1. The effects of aerobic exercise after lumbar microdiscectomy.
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Brennan GP, Shultz BB, Hood RS, Zahniser JC, Johnson SC, and Gerber AH
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- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Discriminant Analysis, Diskectomy methods, Exercise Test, Exercise Tolerance physiology, Female, Humans, Intervertebral Disc Displacement physiopathology, Intervertebral Disc Displacement surgery, Male, Microsurgery, Middle Aged, Diskectomy rehabilitation, Exercise physiology, Intervertebral Disc Displacement rehabilitation, Lumbar Vertebrae surgery, Oxygen Consumption physiology
- Abstract
Study Design: This study determined whether lumbar discectomy patients could endure an aerobic exercise program sufficient to achieve a training effect, and whether any functional advantages were derived., Methods: Trained volunteers (n = 19) were compared with untrained control subjects (n = 18) after a 12-week aerobic and rehabilitation exercise program. Subjects completed a maximal graded exercise test, a hydrostatic weighing test, and a battery of self-report inventories., Results: Using a discriminant analysis, as a post hoc test, maximal oxygen consumption was found to be the factor responsible for the difference between the groups (P < 0.006)., Conclusion: Oxygen consumption was more than three times as important as any other single variable in differentiating between the groups.
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- 1994
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