Joseph G. Benton

Correlation of Ballistocardiogram with Work Performance and Energy Cost for Guidance in Rehabilitation of Cardiac Patients

Correlative studies of the resting ballistocardiogram and the ability to expend energy in cardiac patients indicate that the resting ballistocardiogram may be a useful tool in evaluating the functional or work capacity of a cardiac patient for rehabilitation purposes and vocational guidance, and may serve as a screening device for finding those cardiacs, other things being equal, who possess the functional capacity to perform jobs or activities whose energy requirements are known or can be estimated. However, in view of the relatively higher incidence of abnormal resting ballistocardiograms in the older age groups, for practical purposes, this usefulness of the ballistocardiogram may be limited to the cardiac patient under the age of 50.

THE RELATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OCCUPATION TO CORONARY ARTERY HEART DISEASE

Excerpt INTRODUCTION It has been suggested that there has been an increased incidence of coronary artery heart disease in recent years. This disease of modern civilization has assumed prominence du...

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE POLIOMYELITIS PATIENT WITH RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY

Excerpt INTRODUCTION There is little doubt that recent advances in the prophylaxis of anterior poliomyelitis will greatly alter the public health importance of this disease syndrome,1, 2and that th...

Rehabilitation of the long-term respirator patient.

Abstract Changing medical concepts, created by the evolution of newer techniques in the prevention of disease processes, and the management of severely disabled patients, indicate the value of a dynamic approach toward fulfillment of our responsibilities. This is illustrated by the rehabilitation management of the long-term respirator patient, who may be considered a prototype of disabling chronic disease.