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Summary

The following types of training are supported in cardiological rehabilitation: 

Typesince
Version
training device typeDescription
Ergometer
load profile
Load Profile1.0ErgometerClassic training profile with
watt
load specifications.
Treadmill
profile
Profile4.0
treadmill
TreadmillClassic training profile for treadmills with specifications for speed and
incline
inclination.
HR
controllen profile
controlled Profile4.0ErgometerTraining profile with HR setting for training with a fixed HR value on an ergometer. The load on the ergometer is automatically adjusted by the software to hold the HR.
HR
controllen profile
controlled Profile 4.6
treadmill

Treadmill

Training profile with HR setting for training with a fixed HR value on a treadmill. The software automatically adjusts the speed or the
incline
inclination or both on the treadmill to hold the HR. You can choose whether the
incline
inclination is fixed and the speed is adjusted automatically or whether the speed is fixed and the
incline
inclination is adjusted automatically.
free profile
Free defined Profile1.0Ergometer
classic

Classic training profile with

watt

load settings in any number of levels.

Beginning with version

As start from custo diagnostic 5.1

,

you can also specify relative load values to the previous level.

two level
Two Level HR
profile
Profile4.6ErgometerA
pulse
HR profile for ergometers with two HR steps with different HR values and different lengths. These can be repeated as often as desired during the training phase. 
multilevel
Multilevel HR
profile
Profile5.1ErgometerErgometer training profile with any number of HR levels. The data can be given both absolutely in HR and in various relative data.

Relative load data

Motivation

Normally, load values are given in watts, km/h or HFHR, depending on the type of training profile. These data are always fixed values which cannot in all cases be used for all patients. Therefore the software allows to create many different training profiles and then to select them specifically for each patient. This method has the disadvantage that many training profiles have to be managed manually, but they are all structured in the same way and only differ in their absolute values in the training phase.

Profiles with relative data are a better alternative for such profilessituations. Normally, patients are subjected to a stress examination (classical stress-Stress Test ECG or spirroergometryCPET) before rehabilitation to determine their capabilities, or there are formulas with which age-dependent stress can be determined. In rehabilitation, for example, at ~ 70% ~70% of the maximum load, training is done in with a load-controlled training profile. Now the therapist has to select from the different training profiles the one whose absolute load best fits the 70% of the patient's maximum load. This is possible, but time-consuming, but can also be partially automated (automatic assignment of the standard profile). In order to simplify this process of selecting a suitable training profile for the patient, training profiles with relative data were introduced in version custo diagnostic 5.1.

Specification

Relative values are usually percentage values that refer to a patient-specific parameter. Thus, with only one training definition, a specific training for all patients can be applied. This saves effort in the training definition as well as in the later process the annoying selection from different, but essentially always the same training profiles. In the training definition, the following reference values can be selected, depending on whether you want to create a profile for load or pulse HR data.

Reference valueTraining typeDescription
Watt / kg
load profile
Load ProfileThis is a common specification in training science. For example, it is defined that a patient should train 1
.
,2 watts per 1 kg body weight. This value is the watt value that has to be trampled per kg body weight (relative to the weight).
maximum Watt
Maximum Watt / kg
load profile
Load ProfileThis is the maximum watt / kg value determined in the stress test (
stress
Stress Test ECG or
spiroergometry
CPET), i.e. the maximum load related to the body weight under consideration of what the patient can achieve to the maximum.
maxumum
Maximum HRHR
profile
ProfileThis is the maximum achieved heart rate of the patient determined in the stress test (
stress-
Stress Test ECG or
spiroergometry
CPET), or a value determined from various (adjustable) formulas.
HR
reseerve
ReserveHR
profile
Profile

For training, the optimal HR can also be defined via the HR reserve (see Karvonen formula),

where

by definition HRreserve is := HRmax - HRrest.
The HR to be achieved is then HRrest +

x %

x% of HRReserve. The percentage of HRreserve is also called training intensity, which is usually around 60-70% in cardiological rehabilitation.