ABSTRACT
Effects of a 10-week aerobic exercise program on maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), oxygen pulse (O2 pulse), maximum ventilation (max vent), exercise stress test duration (max time), flexibility, weight and body composition (percentage body fat, percentage lean mass, and percentage body water) were investigated in 14 community-based adults with mental retardation. Supervised optional training sessions were held 4 days per week. Subjects were assessed for VO2 max, O2 pulse, max vent, and max time before and after the training program. Flexibility, weight, and body composition changes were assessed before, midway through, and after the training program. Subjects had a 91.3% attendance rate, and all safely completed the program. The treatment produced significant increases in VO2 max, O2 pulse, max vent, max time, and flexibility. However, no significant change was observed in weight or body composition changes.
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Exercise , Intellectual Disability/rehabilitation , Social Environment , Activities of Daily Living/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Body Composition , Exercise/physiology , Exercise Test , Female , Humans , Intellectual Disability/psychology , Male , Oxygen/blood , Physical Fitness/physiology , Range of Motion, Articular/physiologyABSTRACT
The blood theophylline level determination is an important therapeutic tool, but reference laboratories can take from 1 to 3 days before giving results. Several quicker in-office methods for testing blood theophylline levels are currently available. Two methods were compared for reliability and accuracy. Both proved to be accurate, but the Acculevel method was more reliable than the Seralyzer method. The Acculevel appears to be a preferable method for in-office testing of serum theophylline levels.