Weight training Treatment Report
See also: Swimming and weightlifting
What is Weight training?
Weight training is used for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction using a variety of specialized equipment to target specific muscle groups and types of movement.
Reasons done & Efficacy
| Reasons done | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| General health | 21 |
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4 | ||
| Treat Parkinson's | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Mobility | 2 |
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2 | ||||
| Fatigue | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently doing Weight training. See all 19 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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2 | 50% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 25% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 25% |
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Patient Evaluations
See all 5 patient evaluations
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- CarlHernz
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- CarlHernz
- every other day
- since Oct 13, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- StrkL
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- StrkL
- 45 min weekly
- since May 31, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Even if you can't build up your strength tremendously (most people can't do a lot for their upper body strength), your endurance and work capacity will go up... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 23, 2009.