COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF PHYSICAL REHABILI TATION OF PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION USING BICYCLE TRAINING WITH OPTIMAL PEDALING RATE AND FREE-CHOICE OF TRAINING LOAD
Gg. Efremushkin et Ns. Belousova, COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF PHYSICAL REHABILI TATION OF PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION USING BICYCLE TRAINING WITH OPTIMAL PEDALING RATE AND FREE-CHOICE OF TRAINING LOAD, Kardiologia, 37(5), 1997, pp. 44-47
Veloergometry and tetrapolar rheography were used in 98 male patients
with myocardial infarction in order to compare efficacy of different r
egimens of training on bicycle during rehabilitation in a sanatorium.
Results were related to optimal pedaling rate determined prior to peri
od of training, The following regimens of exercise were used: a) with
optimal pedaling rate; b) with fixed work load freely chosen by a pati
ent at the beginning of treatment; c) with work load which a patient f
reely chose at each daily session. When optimal pedaling rates were 30
- 45 rotations per minute training according to regimen (c) was most
effective while regimen (b) was most economical; regimen (a) gave inte
rmediate results, When optimal pedaling rate was 60 rotations per minu
te regimen (a) turned out to be both most effective and economical.