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weighted vest - July 31, 2006 9:20:00 AM

KatMac

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Does anyone know where I can find research on the use of weighted vests? For example, indications, effectiveness etc. Or anything in any book written by anybody.

Thanks

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Re: weighted vest - July 31, 2006 2:57:00 PM

jma

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Here are a few articles that you can look into that utilized weighted vests. See below:

1: Olson LJ, Moulton HJ.
Use of weighted vests in pediatric occupational therapy practice.
Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2004;24(3):45-60.
PMID: 15257968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2: Olson LJ, Moulton HJ.
Occupational therapists' reported experiences using weighted vests with
children with specific developmental disorders.
Occup Ther Int. 2004;11(1):52-66.
PMID: 15118771 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3: Bean JF, Herman S, Kiely DK, Frey IC, Leveille SG, Fielding RA, Frontera WR.

Increased Velocity Exercise Specific to Task (InVEST) training: a pilot study
exploring effects on leg power, balance, and mobility in community-dwelling
older women.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 May;52(5):799-804.
PMID: 15086665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4: Snow CM, Shaw JM, Winters KM, Witzke KA.
Long-term exercise using weighted vests prevents hip bone loss in
postmenopausal women.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2000 Sep;55(9):M489-91.
PMID: 10995045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Shaw JM, Snow CM.
Weighted vest exercise improves indices of fall risk in older women.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1998 Jan;53(1):M53-8.
PMID: 9467434 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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