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. 1994 Apr 1;19(7):735-9.
doi: 10.1097/00007632-199404000-00001.

The effects of aerobic exercise after lumbar microdiscectomy

G P Brennan  1 , B B Shultz, R S Hood, J C Zahniser, S C Johnson, A H Gerber
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The effects of aerobic exercise after lumbar microdiscectomy

G P Brennan et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). .

Abstract

Study design: This study determined whether lumbar discectomy patients could endure an aerobic exercise program sufficient to achieve a training effect, and whether any functional advantages were derived.

Methods: Trained volunteers (n = 19) were compared with untrained control subjects (n = 18) after a 12-week aerobic and rehabilitation exercise program. Subjects completed a maximal graded exercise test, a hydrostatic weighing test, and a battery of self-report inventories.

Results: Using a discriminant analysis, as a post hoc test, maximal oxygen consumption was found to be the factor responsible for the difference between the groups (P < 0.006).

Conclusion: Oxygen consumption was more than three times as important as any other single variable in differentiating between the groups.

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