Rehabilitation Research
Studies from Rush University have provided new data on rehabilitation research
Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 2nd, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of moderate-intensity, progressive, upper-body resistance training (RT) on muscle strength and perceived performance of household physical activities (HPA) among women in cardiac rehabilitation. The 10-week, pretest-posttest, experiment randomized women to either usual care (UC) aerobic exercise or RT."
"Muscle strength for 5 Upper-body RT exercises (chest press, shoulder press, biceps curl, lateral row, and triceps extension) was measured using the 1-Repetition Maximum Assessment. The RT group progressively increased weight lifted using 400%, 50%, and 60% of...
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