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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music on exercise tolerance and perceived symptoms during treadmill walking in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS: Nineteen patients with COPD recruited from a pulmonary rehabilitation program participated in treadmill walking sessions on three separate days. The first session consisted of a practice walk. The second and third walking sessions were 6-minute timed tests in which the subjects were asked to walk as fast as possible under two conditions: a control walk and a music walk. Subjective assessments of perceived dyspnea and effort were obtained during the walks by the modified Borg scale. RESULTS: Distances walked were 331m +/- 19 (SE) for the music walk and 321m +/- 21 (SE) for the control walk (P = .25). Within each condition, ratings of perceived exertion and dyspnea increased from minute 1 to minute 6 (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: There were no statistically significant differences observed between treatment conditions for distance walked, perceived dyspnea or ratings of perceived exertion. It should be noted that 60% of the subjects voluntarily commented that they enjoyed listening to music while they exercised.
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Exercise Tolerance , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/rehabilitation , Music , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cross-Over Studies , Exercise Test , Humans , Middle Aged , Pilot ProjectsABSTRACT
A case study is presented to illustrate the use of dance/movement therapy in the treatment of an individual with severe brain damage. Theoretical and practical perspectives, as well as selected principles of dance/movement therapy are delineated. A rationale for use of intentional/volitional movement as a treatment strategy is posited on the basis of neuroanatomical and neurophysiological constructs.
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Brain Damage, Chronic/rehabilitation , Brain Injuries/rehabilitation , Dance Therapy/methods , Wounds, Gunshot/rehabilitation , Adult , Brain Damage, Chronic/psychology , Brain Injuries/psychology , Combined Modality Therapy , Day Care, Medical , Humans , Male , Neurocognitive Disorders/psychology , Neurocognitive Disorders/rehabilitation , Temporal Lobe/injuries , Wounds, Gunshot/psychologyABSTRACT
The effects of a university level training program in Special Physical Education on trainee attitudes toward disabled individuals were studied for the period of an academic year under three conditions: Information only (I group), Contact only (C group) and Information plus Contact (IC group). Complete pretest and posttest data on the Siller General Factor Disability Scale (DFS-G) were collected from a combined sample of 81 men and women subjects aged from 18-45+ years. Descriptive analyses revealed significant interactions between specific dimensions of the DFS-G and variables such as age, previous experience with disabled persons and educational status. Analyses of variance failed to uncover statistically significant posttest differences among the groups. Of the individual training conditions, IC impacted most positively on within-group attitude change. More unexpected was the significant pretest to posttest attitude score gains of the I group on four of the seven subscales, superior to those of the C group. Whereas attitude measurements do not establish discrete positive-negative parameters, it is unclear whether some attitude dimensions tend to plateau at positive levels or are inherently more implacable.
