Comparison of cardiopulmonary responses in obese women using ramp versus step treadmill protocols

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether individual ramp protocol treadmill testing is superior to frequently used step protocols in eliciting peak cardiopulmonary responses in obese women. The main findings indicate that protocol selection based on predicted pretest individual exercise cap...

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Published inThe American journal of cardiology Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 289 - 291
Main Authors McInnis, Kyle J, Bader, David S, Pierce, Gary L, Balady, Gary J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.01.1999
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology
Electrocardiography
Exercise
Exercise Test - methods
Exercise Tolerance
Fatigue
Female
Heart Rate
Humans
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Obesity
Obesity - metabolism
Obesity - physiopathology
Oxygen Consumption
Regression Analysis
Respiration
Risk Factors
Women
Treadmill exercise
Human
Obesity
Functional response
Nutrition disorder
Cardiopulmonary
Exercise tolerance test
Exploration
Female
Technique
Nutritional status
Comparative study
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether individual ramp protocol treadmill testing is superior to frequently used step protocols in eliciting peak cardiopulmonary responses in obese women. The main findings indicate that protocol selection based on predicted pretest individual exercise capacity is more important than whether a ramp or step protocol is used.
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ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00843-1