TY  - JOUR
T1  - PHysical conditioning in medical personnel
AU  - Koepke KR, Luria MH
Y1  - 1972/09/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1972.03650030025006
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 343
EP  - 345
VL  - 130
IS  - 3
N2  - The effects of a ten-week physical conditioning program were evaluated in a group of professional hospital personnel. Exercise sessions were held during working hours five times per week and consisted of jogging one mile in a ten-minute period. Results suggested that the program was feasible during the busy workday schedule. Lack of interest, physical impairment, and inadequate facilities, however, contributed to a 42% attrition rate. The data also indicated that definite physiological effects were obtained with these short periods of daily exercise. Mean physical working capacity increased 145 kilopond-meters (kpm)/min; maximal oxygen uptake, 4.16 ml/kg/min; and maximum voluntary ventilation, 28 liters/min. Resting mean heart rate diminished 11 beats per minute. Three risk factors of coronary heart disease, body weight and serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride values, were not altered.
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1972.03650030025006
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1972.03650030025006
ER  -