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See also: Weight training

What is Swimming and weightlifting? Cross-training in sports and fitness refers to the combining of exercises to work various parts of the body.


Reasons Taken

113 patients in the community are taking or have taken Swimming and weightlifting.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 70 61%
Stiffness/spasticity 15 13%
Other 12 10%
Slow my MS progress 10 8%
Fatigue 2 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Swimming and weightlifting.

  0 day 0 month 0 none 0 week 0.14286 hr week 2 hr day 10 min day 30 min day
  54 Number of Patients: 54 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 27 Number of Patients: 27 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Swimming and weightlifting or how long patients were taking Swimming and weightlifting before stopping.

Currently taking Swimming and weightlifting

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
7
12
15
24

Stopped taking Swimming and weightlifting

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
0
2
0
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Swimming and weightlifting (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4 67% Other: 67%
Doctor's advice 1 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Side effects too severe 1 17% Side effects too severe: 17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 100% 1

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 2

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

  • Mr. Kamakazie
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • Mr. Kamakazie
  • by Mr. Kamakazie
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

See all evaluation results for Swimming and weightlifting



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