title: Muscular strength changes in hospitalized anorexic patients after an eight week resistance training program.
abstract: We investigated whether an eight week, light resistance program could increase the muscular strength of the knee and elbow extensors and flexors in a group of hospitalized anorexic patients compared to anorexic controls (AC) who did not participate in the training program, but received the same caloric intake, and non-anorexic exercisers (NAE) who undertook the resistance training program. After the resistance training program, the seven anorexic exercisers (AE) significantly increased the peak torque (PT) of their knee extensors (p < 0.001), flexors (p < 0.0001) and elbow flexors (p < 0.01). In comparison, the seven anorexic non-exercisers (anorexic controls, AC) and seven non-anorexic exercisers (NAE), who performed the same program, showed no significant increase in peak torque after the program (p > 0.05). The study has demonstrated that an eight week, light resistance program increases the knee and elbow strength of the hospitalized anorexic patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Physiology, University of Witwatersrand Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. chantleri@physiology.wits.ac.za
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chantler
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D019415:Torque