Hi all,
I seek some of your advice. I am about to work on an exercise phys oriented study (not my area of concentration) and would like to understand the mechanics of measuring heart rate recovery.
I have reviewed the NSCA's Essentials of Strength & Conditioning Textbook and McArdle, Katch & Katch's Exercise Physiology textbook along with the following papers:
1) Circulation. 2004 Nov 2;110(18):2778-80.����� �����
Heart rate recovery: predictor of risk today and target of therapy
tomorrow?
2) N Engl J Med. 1999 Oct 28;341(18):1351-7.�����
Heart-rate recovery immediately after exercise as a predictor of
mortality.Cole CR, Blackstone EH, Pashkow FJ, Snader CE, Lauer
MS.Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
3) Ann Intern Med. 2000 Apr 4;132(7):552-5.����� Heart rate recovery
after submaximal exercise testing as a predictor of mortality in a
cardiovascularly healthy cohort.Cole CR, Foody JM, Blackstone EH, Lauer
MS.Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195,
USA.
And neither really get the mechanics to me. I seek to understand if Heart rate Recovery can be measured as baseline HR (pre-exercise), measure HR at exercise cessation (say, during a time to exhaustion trial) and at what specific points after should HR be measured? And is HR measured until it returns to the value it was pre-exercise (and thus the time to return to baseline is the recovery time)?
Is anyone out there using heart-rate recovery to monitor their athletes, and if so, how do you do it?� If you have used it but don't any more, why not?
Your advise would be greatly appreciated - this is for a study.
Sincerely,
Douglas Kalman MS, RD, CCRC, FACN
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