Journal article
Clinical Workload Decreases the Level of Aerobic Fitness in Housestaff Physicians
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between clinical workload and aerobic fitness.
METHODS: Twenty healthy intern and resident volunteers were studied in a cross over manner to compare their aerobic fitness after a 1 month "easy" clinical rotation (ECR) to that after a 1 month "hard" clinical rotation (HCR). The ECR and HCR were prospectively estimated as requiring <60 (ECR) and >70 (HCR) total hours per week of hospital work respectively. Aerobic fitness …60>
Authors
Suskin N; Ryan G; Fardy J; Clarke H; McKelvie R
Journal
Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 216–220
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
May 1998
DOI
10.1097/00008483-199805000-00005
ISSN
1932-7501