Exercise Testing and Prescription Flashcards
Indications for Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Patients
Understand severity of dyspnea
Understand O2 sat at rest and with activity
Determine exercise/activity tolerance
Provide information for exercise prescription
Evaluate for heart disease
PRIOR to ex testing
History Screening Lab values Physical exam Resting physiological measurements PAR-Q and You
PAR-Q
Physical Activity and Readiness Questionnaire
Good to add to any outpatient intake form to ID reasons to send pt back to physician prior to commencing an ex program
Risks with Exercise Testing
Mm soreness Diaphoresis SOB/SOA Angina MI Stroke Death
Safety with Exercise Testing
CPR certification
Emergency procedures in place
Monitoring equipment well maintained and available
ACSM ABSOLUTE C/I to Ex testing/training
Unstable angina Uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmia Critical aortic stenosis (symptomatic) Uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure Acute PE Acute myocarditis/pericarditis Known dissecting aneurysm Acute systemic infection Significant EKG suggesting ischemia
ACSM RELATIVE C/I to Ex testing/training
Moderate stenotic valvular heart disease Electrolyte abnormalities Severe HTN Tachy or brady dysrrhythmias Neuromm, musculoskel, or RA d/o exacerbated by exercise High degree (3rd) heart block Uncontrolled metabolic disease Chronic infection disease Mental or physical impairment leading to inability to exercise adequately Orthostatic BP drop with symptoms
Severe HTN
SBP > 200 mmHg
and/or
DBP > 110 mmHg at rest
Orthostatic BP drop
SBP drop > 20 mmHg
Upper Limits for Exercise Intensity
Plateau or decrease in SBP (> 10 mmHg), SBP > 240 mmHg, DBP > 110 mmHg
Onset of angina or other symptoms of cardiovascular insufficiency
Increase frequency of ventricular arrhythmias
Onset of other significant EKG changes (2 or 3 degree AVB, a-fib, SVT, ventricular ectopy)
Radionuclide evidence of Left vent dysfunction or onset of moderate to severe wall motion abnormality during exercise
Other signs and symptoms of ex tolerance
Pt request to stop
Other signs and symptoms of exercise intolerance
Blah blah ask PT Fam
HR Max
208 - 0.7(age)
How do you monitor a pt during ex testing?
HR BP RR O2 sat RPE
When to use Borg Scale/RPE
Pts on meds that blunt HR response…
Betablockers
Digoxin
Calcium channel blockers
ACE inhibitors
Correlated well with HR if multiply rating by 10 (using 6-20 RPE scale)
Ratings of Dyspnea
0
No dyspnea
Ratings of Dyspnea
1
Mild dyspnea (mild, barely noticeable)
Ratings of Dyspnea
2
Moderate (bothersome)
Ratings of Dyspnea
3
Moderate severe (very uncomfortable)
Ratings of Dyspnea
4
Severe/intense - you need to stop!
Why Choose Max vs Submax ex testing
Maximal you are working someone to their MAX levels – it’s a hard test
Submax
Why?…
Lack of supplies
Don’t need to know
Max Exercise Testing
To diagnose disease
To determine max aerobic capacity and establish ex protocols
Assess medication levels
Exercise prescription
Assessment of ex/endurance training (outcome measure)
Increased sensitivity in CAD, especially asymptomatic
Better estimate of VO2 max/peak bc you will have a direct measurement of that
Make sure you have medical supervision and emergency equipment
Open circuit spirometry
Metabolic cart measures the gasses that are being released
What are you looking at during a max ex test?
HR plateau
SBP plateau
Amt CO2 produced causes sudden increase RR (signals anaerobic work)
RER
As it’s reaching 1, you’re maximized and using glucose for fuel
If it’s below 1, you’re using fat and carbs
Measured on metabolic cart
Commonly used symptom limited graded exercise tests (GXT)
Bruce Protocol - treadmill
Astrand-Rhyming protocol - cycle
Bruce Protocol vs Astrand-Rhyming
Higher VO2 with Bruce
Less expensive with UEE
Sub max ETT
Assess cardiorespiratory fitness
Determined HR response to 1 or more submax work rates
Results used to predict VO2 peak/max
Can give additional information (re: subject’s response to exercise)
Graded exercise tests
Cycle
Treadmill
Low Level Graded Exercise Test
Field tests
Individual dictates intensity
6MWT
Shuttle WT
1 mile walk
1 mile run