Use of exercise in inpatient treatment programs of the San Francisco Bay Area
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Authors
Mickune-Santos, Armand
Issue Date
1989
Type
Thesis
Language
en
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Abstract
This study was designed to determine if exercise was indeed being used as an intervention technique in inpatient treatment of chemical dependency. The research questions were designed to better learn if and how exercise was used as a treatment component. This study set out to determine how inpatient treatment center staff conceptualized and utilized the effects of exercise. The research data revealed that exercise is being used in a haphazard and highly variable manner. There appears to be no standardized, highly structured concept or implementation of exercise as a treatment technique. This variability is demonstrated not only in the program philosophies but also in more applied areas such as staffing patterns, types of exercise used, time allotments, supervision strategies, and record keeping. Based on the evidence found in this study, programs could benefit from a more standardized and structured use of exercise in a clinically relevant manner.