Indirect Exercise Intensity Assessment - The RPE Versus or HR Relationship

3 important questions on Indirect Exercise Intensity Assessment - The RPE Versus or HR Relationship

In what cardiac patient group it is difficult to measure a reliable HR and what measure can be used for them to evaluate exercise intensity?

In patients with

  • Afib
  • Vfib
  • B blockers
  • Heart transplant
  • chronotropic incompetence
  • pacemakers

the RPE Borg Scale is more commonly used.

What is the downside of only using RPE?

People may not answer truthfully.

How is the 1st ventilatory threshold related to the Borg Scale?

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