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2.            Casillas JM, Gremeaux V, Damak S, Feki A, and Perennou D. Exercise training for patients with cardiovascular disease. Ann Readapt Med Phys 50: 403-418, 386-402, 2007.

3.           Gillis A, and MacDonald B. Deconditioning in the hospitalized elderly. Can Nurse 101: 16-20, 2005.

4.            Gunnarsson OT, and Judge JO. Exercise at midlife: how and why to prescribe it for sedentary patients. Geriatrics 52: 71-72, 77-80; quiz 81, 1997.

5.            Mayoux Benhamou MA. Reconditioning in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Readapt Med Phys 50: 382-385, 377-381, 2007.

6.            Timiras PS. Disuse and aging: same problem, different outcomes. J Gravit Physiol 1: P5-7, 1994.

7.            Vorhies D, and Riley BE. Deconditioning. Clin Geriatr Med 9: 745-763, 1993.