What is Weight Lifting?
Weightlifting is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. The compound word "weightlifting" is often used to refer to weight training which generally involves using various sizes of free weights for muscle strengthening.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
| Perceived Effectiveness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| General health | 6 | 1 |
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| Improve flexibility/strength | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Need to stretch | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Muscle tension | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Relaxation | 1 | 0 | |||||
| MS (Multiple Sclerosis) | 1 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Weight Lifting
| Fatigue | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weight gain | 1 | |
| Increased appetite | 1 |
Reported Schedules
Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently doing Weight Lifting. See all 11 dosages ►
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Weight Lifting
Always |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
1 | 50% |
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Sometimes |
1 | 50% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Weight Lifting
Very |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
1 | 50% |
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A little |
1 | 50% |
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Not at all |
0 | 0% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Weight Lifting
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
1 | 100% |
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