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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1949;31:847-858.
© 1949 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

THE USE OF THE TECHNIQUE OF PROGRESSIVE-RESISTANCE EXERCISE IN ADOLESCENCE

J. Roswell Gallagher M.D.1 and Thomas L. Delorme M.D.1

1 Department of Health, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts

1. This preliminary report suggests the effectiveness of the technique of progressive-resistance exercise in the after-care of knee injuries and low-back strains and in the development of the muscles of the upper trunk and arms of adolescents.

2. The desirability of utilizing a therapeutic-exercise method which will not only restore muscle power, but which will also produce a considerable increase over the strength existing prior to injury, is urged.

3. Further clinical trial of progressive-resistance exercise is suggested in conditions which require that muscle power be increased.


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