deconditioned


Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia.

deconditioned

adjective 
Neurology
Referring to a state of prolonged underuse of muscles, which may trigger a cycle of increasing disability.
 
Sports medicine
Referring to a musculoskeletal group that had previously been trained for a particular activity, but which has been underused or under-exercised.

deconditioned

Neurology adjective Referring to a musculoskeletal group that had previously been trained for a particular activity–eg, pole vaulting, cross-country running, etc, which has been underutilized, or suffered prolonged disuse. See Conditioned.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
When astronauts travel to Mars, they will arrive with deconditioned bodies, with limited access to medical support.
Scientists to make more great leaps for mankind
This change appeared to be most beneficial for the OWAS (Table 3) who were more deconditioned (discussed below) and, perhaps, less familiar with cycling than the NWNL subjects.
Comparison of the sitting-to-standing cycle ergometry versus treadmill approach to graded exercise testing on cardiorespiratory values in overweight people with mild asthma
Prolonged lack of exercise can cause the body to become deconditioned, with wide-ranging structural and metabolic changes: the heart rate may rise excessively during physical activity, bones and muscles atrophy, physical endurance wane, and blood volume decline.
Doctors urged to treat lack of exercise as medical condition
Young HD amputees with no serious underlying disease may recover from a deconditioned state relatively easily, giving them high probability of success in prosthetic walking [1-2,10-11].
Energy consumption during prosthetic walking and physical fitness in older hip disarticulation amputees
He needs the rest, but when he returns he won't be too deconditioned because of the football he has had.
INJURY SHAKER FOR HUGHTON; King and Jerome to miss big kick-off
Tai chi exercise, a multicomponent mind-body training modality that is safe and has good rates of adherence, may provide value in improving daily exercise, quality of life, self-efficacy, and mood in frail, deconditioned patients with systolic HF.
Tai Chi improved HF patients' quality of life
The inability of the individual to perform tasks such as carrying groceries diminishes independence and may be part of a downward spiral of physical activity as that individual becomes dependent in progressively more activities and becomes progressively more deconditioned.
Cardiovascular responses to carrying groceries in bags with and without handles
Tai chi is well suited for heart failure patients because the physical component "is low impact [and] nonstrenuous, and can easily be performed by the elderly or the more severely deconditioned patients," she said.
Tai chi boosts quality of life in heart failure
Most individuals after stroke are deconditioned and have low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness.
Cardiovascular regulation after stroke: evidence of impairment, trainability, and implications for rehabilitation
Because many patients on dialysis are severely deconditioned, the design of an appropriate exercise program may necessitate referring patients to physical therapy or cardiac rehabilitation to allow patients to follow regimens safely and successfully (NKF, 2005).
Improving first-year mortality in patients on dialysis: a focus on nutrition and exercise
After being in plaster for so long my leg was deconditioned and with hindsight, I should never have gone to Germany with England.
WORLD OF PAIN; NEWCASTLE STAR ON HIS INJURY WOE Owen: Germany '06 was mistake that turned into calamity
Older people can become deconditioned fol lowing any major surgery.
Physical therapy management after endovascular repair of AAA

Medical browser ?
Full browser ?