Nine male CHD patients volunteered for testing to determine variations in heart rate response (HR), walk-jog velocity (W) and compliance to the target heart rate zone under three monitoring conditions. Determination of variations in W, peripheral perceived exertion (RPE<sub>L</sub>) chest perceived exertion (RPE<sub>C</sub>) and post-exercise lactate accumulation (La) during exercise which was held constant between 60-80% maximum HR reserve were also made. Procedures consisted of three 20 min walk-jog exercise conditions. First, two baseline condition (BC) trials were performed on separate days with exercise intensity regulated through intermittent defibrillator-ECG HR checks and radial/carotid artery palpation. Next, continuous telemetry monitoring of HR by staff was added during a single exercise trial (TC). Finally, two Exersentry<sub>R</sub>condition (EC) trials were performed on separate days with continuous feedback concerning HR response provided to the patient via Exersentry<sub>R</sub> devices. Evaluation of HR and W revealed no significant variation between conditions. However, % target HR reserve attained was significantly (p>0.05) lower during early and late BC, as compared to TC. Furthermore, "frequency in" vs "frequency out" of target HR zone was significantly (p>0.05) greater during EC, as compared to TC. During EC, no significant variations in HR, W, La, RPE<sub>L</sub> and RPE<sub>C</sub> were noted. Correlation coefficient values between 0.76-0.95 and 0.58-0.80 were reported for RPE<sub>L</sub> and RPE<sub>C</sub>, respectively. This data suggested that continuous feedback concerning HR response resulted in the greatest compliance to the target HR zone. With the exception of the first five min of EC, only RPE<sub>L</sub> reliably mirrored HR and W.
Index terms: Intermittent heart rate monitoring, continuous heart rate monitoring, heart rate response, walk-jog velocity, target heart rate compliance, peripheral perceived exertion, chest perceived exertion, post-exercise lactate accumulation. / M.S.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/91082 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | Bailey, Barry D. |
| Contributors | Education |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | x, 198 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 16515578 |
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