Physical conditioning and altered self-concept in rehabilitated hemipelegic patients.
Level of physical conditioning and self-concept are two factors important to all functions of physically disabled persons, both during and after formal rehabilitation. The level of physical conditioning as a determinant of physical fitness and functional status and the measure of self-concept as a determinant of behavior were studied in seven hemiplegic patients who had completed a formal rehabilitation program. Before the rehabilitation program, subjects were physically deconditioned and had altered self-concepts, including lowered self-esteem and other devaluations of the self. Following a 12-week physical conditioning program, subjects demonstrated improvements in physical fitness and functional status and a return to more normal values in some aspects of self-concept.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept