In the present study, the most common method of treating stump contractures was
active exercise (Table 3).
Passive exercises (or exercises that produce low-levels of muscle activity as determined with EMG) commence between 0-8 weeks and most protocols progress to
active exercises between 6 and 8 weeks.
Jane's PT interventions are described in Table 3, which included a progression from
active exercises in bed, to resistive and task-specific exercise as Jane improved in strength and endurance.
Active Exercise Any movement in which patient partially or completely engages in moving limb from resting position, through specific movement, and back to resting position.
The research findings reported by Kuehn and his associates, as previously discussed, are limited, but support
active exercise as a means to improve closure for speech (Kuehn1991, 1997; Kuehn et al.
The only other therapy demonstrated to be effective is
active exercise intervention, usually in the form of a walking program.
While an exercise program is part of routine state-of-the-art management of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), the prevalence of this disease climbs with age, and many elderly CHF patients have comorbidities that make them unable to participate in more
active exercise, noted Dr.
A SOMETIMES these cramps can be helped by relaxation, rather than
active exercise. Ask your physio about them.
Dimeo, a rehabilitation and sports medicine specialist at Freiburg University Medical Center in Germany, and his colleagues decided to step into the cancer rehabilitation arena with a pilot study of 32 patients, half of whom participated in an
active exercise program.
"But I am very cautious about recommending
active exercise for people with severe MS," Dr.
Education about the condition,
active exercise (vs.
Autonomy, the
active exercise of our natural human capacities, is a fundamental right; but it is a right simply because it is essential to human well-being.
