Bortz W M
West J Med. 1984 Nov;141(5):691-4.
Our cultural sedentariness, recently acquired, lies at the base of much human ill-being. Physical inactivity predictably leads to deterioration of many body functions. A number of these effects coexist so frequently in our society that they merit inclusion in a specific syndrome, the disuse syndrome. The identifying characteristics of the syndrome are cardiovascular vulnerability, obesity, musculoskeletal fragility, depression and premature aging. The syndrome is experimentally reproducible and, significantly, the clinical features are subject to both preventive and restitutive efforts that happily are cheap, safe, accessible and effective.
我们最近养成的久坐不动的文化习惯是许多人类健康问题的根源。缺乏身体活动必然会导致许多身体机能的衰退。在我们的社会中,这些影响中有许多经常同时存在,因此值得纳入一种特定的综合征——废用综合征。该综合征的识别特征包括心血管易损性、肥胖、肌肉骨骼脆弱、抑郁和早衰。这种综合征在实验中是可以重现的,而且重要的是,其临床特征可以通过预防和恢复措施得到改善,幸运的是,这些措施成本低、安全、容易获得且有效。