Rizk Amanda K, Wardini Rima, Chan-Thim Emilie, Trutschnigg Barbara, Forget Amélie, Pepin Véronique
Individualized Program, Concordia University.
J Vis Exp. 2013 Nov 8(81):e50643. doi: 10.3791/50643.
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an important component in the management of respiratory diseases. The effectiveness of PR is dependent upon adherence to exercise training recommendations. The study of exercise adherence is thus a key step towards the optimization of PR programs. To date, mostly indirect measures, such as rates of participation, completion, and attendance, have been used to determine adherence to PR. The purpose of the present protocol is to describe how continuous data tracking technology can be used to measure adherence to a prescribed aerobic training intensity on a second-by-second basis. In our investigations, adherence has been defined as the percent time spent within a specified target heart rate range. As such, using a combination of hardware and software, heart rate is measured, tracked, and recorded during cycling second-by-second for each participant, for each exercise session. Using statistical software, the data is subsequently extracted and analyzed. The same protocol can be applied to determine adherence to other measures of exercise intensity, such as time spent at a specified wattage, level, or speed on the cycle ergometer. Furthermore, the hardware and software is also available to measure adherence to other modes of training, such as the treadmill, elliptical, stepper, and arm ergometer. The present protocol, therefore, has a vast applicability to directly measure adherence to aerobic exercise.
肺康复（PR）是呼吸系统疾病管理的重要组成部分。PR的有效性取决于对运动训练建议的依从性。因此，对运动依从性的研究是优化PR方案的关键一步。迄今为止，大多采用间接测量方法，如参与率、完成率和出勤率，来确定对PR的依从性。本方案的目的是描述如何使用连续数据跟踪技术，逐秒测量对规定有氧训练强度的依从性。在我们的研究中，依从性被定义为在指定目标心率范围内所花费的时间百分比。因此，通过硬件和软件的结合，在每个参与者每次运动的骑行过程中，逐秒测量、跟踪和记录心率。随后使用统计软件提取和分析数据。相同的方案可用于确定对其他运动强度指标的依从性，如在特定功率、水平或速度下在功率自行车上花费的时间。此外，该硬件和软件还可用于测量对其他训练模式的依从性，如跑步机、椭圆机、踏步机和手臂功率计。因此，本方案在直接测量有氧运动依从性方面具有广泛的适用性。
