title: Does passive leg activity influence oxygen saturation and activity in sedentary elderly adults?
abstract: This study aimed to investigate whether any physiological changes might have a clinically significant effect on function in sedentary, institutionalized, older adults treated by a passive training program. A total of 18 subjects (mean age 60.7 +/- 3.4) with intellectual disability (ID) participated. We measured SpO2 (arterial oxygen saturation) before, during, and after passive training, and used Barthel Index to measure daily living activities. The general trend indicated that inactive people with ID evidenced a continual increase in SpO2% levels and some functional gains during passive treatment, with superiority to manual passive treatment compared to mechanical active passive training. For current clinical practice, most sedentary patients who experience clinically significant deconditioning and desaturation can benefit from passive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel. elie@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carmeli
authors.forename: Gadi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartur
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peleg
authors.forename: Shemuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barchad
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vatine
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015915:Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive; D009043:Motor Activity; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen