Disabling effects of inactivity and importance of physical conditioning. A historical perspective.
This article examines the effects of inactivity or absence of activities that are strenuous. What is the effect of inactivity that is enforced for a period of time by disease? What modifications of function occur because of this restriction of activity separately from disease?
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Castro Valley Rehabilitation Clinic, California.
D001510:Bed Rest; D015444:Exercise; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010809:Physical Fitness