Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Exercise therapy--Physiological aspects; Heart--Diseases--Patients--Rehabilitation; Pulse--Measurement;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare heart rate assessed by electrocardiogram (ECG) immediately postexercise in phase 3/phase 4 cardiac rehabilitation program participants using two different counting intervals (6 and 15 seconds) with heart rate assessed by ECG during exercise. The 6 and 15 second postexercise heart rates were compared with the exercise heart rates to determine if there was a significant difference. Comparisons were also performed on those taking and not taking beta blocker medication to determine if there was a difference between the groups. Subjects consisted of 17 male participants, ages 49- 77, (7 taking and 10 not taking beta blockers) from the University of Northern Iowa Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. Exercise and postexercise heart rates were. obtained from each subject during exercise on a bicycle ergometer. Repeated measures analysis of variance revealed a statistically significant main effect for time, indicating that there was a statistically significant difference between the exercise and postexercise heart rates. This difference was not clinically significant as mean exercise heart rate was 107.9, mean 6 second postexercise heart rate was 107.2, and mean 15 second postexercise heart rate was 106.6. The main effect for the beta blocker group and the interaction between time and beta blocker group were not statistically significant.
Year of Submission
1991
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
First Advisor
William Ryan
Second Advisor
Sharon Huddleston
Third Advisor
Forrest Dolgener
Date Original
1991
Object Description
1 PDF file (63 leaves)
Copyright
©1991 Camila Kae Frey
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Frey, Camila Kae, "Comparison of 6 Versus 15 Second Intervals for Heart Rate Measurement Immediately Postexercise" (1991). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1884.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1884
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