The importance of ventilatory thresholds to define aerobic exercise intensity in cardiac patients and healthy subjects

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports Vol. 31; no. 9; pp. 1796 - 1808
• Main Authors: Anselmi, Francesca, Cavigli, Luna, Pagliaro, Antonio, Valente, Serafina, Valentini, Francesca, Cameli, Matteo, Focardi, Marta, Mochi, Nicola, Dendale, Paul, Hansen, Dominique, Bonifazi, Marco, Halle, Martin, D’Ascenzi, Flavio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Athletes; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Echocardiography; Exercise - physiology; Exercise intensity; exercise prescription; Exercise Test - methods; Female; Heart Diseases - classification; Heart Diseases - physiopathology; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; lactate; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Oxygen Consumption - physiology; Physical Endurance; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Ventilation - physiology; Regression Analysis; Sedentary Behavior; ventilatory threshold; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; exercise intensity; ventilatory threshold; exercise prescription; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; lactate

Background Although structured exercise training is strongly recommended in cardiac patients, uncertainties exist about the methods for determining exercise intensity (EI) and their correspondence with effective EI obtained by ventilatory thresholds. We aimed to determine the first (VT1) and second...