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The Effect Of Dextrose Ingestion On Cardiovascular Endurance, Judith M. Axford Mar 1984

The Effect Of Dextrose Ingestion On Cardiovascular Endurance, Judith M. Axford

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of dextrose on cardiovascular endurance. The subjects were nineteen male students enrolled at Loma Linda University in Riverside, California. The subjects were exercised to their maximum while being tested on the treadmill.· Subjects were each tested twice. Thirty minutes before exercising, they ingested one hundred grams of dextrose for one test and ten ounces of sugar-free Kool-aid for the second test. The difference in exhaustion times was then recorded.

The data indicated that dextrose ingestion decreased exhaustion time on the treadmill. Subjects were able to exercise for a longer period of time …


Firo-B Profiles Of Physical Therapy Students And Their Performances In Clinical Education, Nora Donohue Jan 1984

Firo-B Profiles Of Physical Therapy Students And Their Performances In Clinical Education, Nora Donohue

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to determine if there was a relationship between physical therapy students' personalities and their preferences in clinical education. Associated problems addressed by the research were to determine if there were differences in personality measures between the physical therapy students as well as differences from one another in how they rank ordered a list of clinical education methods and behaviors.

Thirty-four senior physical therapy students who had completed the academic and clinical requirements of the curriculum rank ordered a list of twenty clinical education methods and behaviors which was compiled from factors cited in the …