Treadmill exercise testing with increasing inclination as exercise protocol for wheelchair athletes

A treadmill control protocol combining n

A treadmill control protocol combining nonlinear, equally smooth increases in speed and gradient: Exercise testing for subjects with gait and exercise limitations

✍ L.P. Jamieson; K.J. Hunt; D.B. Allan 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 833 KB

Incremental exercise testing with a linear increase in work rate is the recommended method for clinical exercise testing. A recent protocol (A), incorporating a linear increase in speed and a nonlinear increase in gradient, has been developed which addresses some limitations of traditional testing m