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Physical Exercise Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Biking and Jogging
See also:
Theracycle
What is Physical Exercise?
Exercise is recommended to help remain healthy as possible. It can help to maintain a weight and generally improve how one feels. It takes many forms. Finding the exercise that is right for you is key to keeping it useful and doing in on a regular basis.
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Reasons used
65 patients in the community are using or have used Physical Exercise.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 28 | 43% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 9 | 13% |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 7 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Slow ALS progression | 1 | 1% |
| Mobility | 1 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 1% |
| Stiffness | 1 | 1% |
Other lifestyle modifications patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
Schedules
Based on the patients currently using Physical Exercise.
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| 1hours as needed | as needed | daily | weekly | 0.2 hours daily | 1.5 hours weekly | 2 hr weekly | 0.33 hours daily | 3 hr weekly | 0.75 hours daily | 1 hr daily | 8 hr weekly | 2 hr daily | 60 min weekly | 15 min daily | 135 min weekly | 20 min daily | 30 min daily | 45 min daily | 60 min daily | 90 min daily | 120 min daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Physical Exercise or how long patients were using Physical Exercise before stopping.
Currently Using Physical Exercise
Stopped Using Physical Exercise
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 20% | 1 |
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| Moderate | 60% | 3 |
| Slight | 20% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 29% | 2 |
| Mild | 43% | 3 |
| None | 29% | 2 |
Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, Muscle soreness, Body Aches
Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)
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- Schatzie
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: none
- Chest: mild
- Legs: none
- See profile
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by Schatzie
May 22, 2009
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- weasel
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by weasel
Dec 18, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Stiffness
- Advice/Tips
- just do what you can / over doing it makes me hurt
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.