Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Mar 2010
Monitoring training progress during exercise training in cancer survivors: a submaximal exercise test as an alternative for a maximal exercise test?
To examine the use of a submaximal exercise test in detecting change in fitness level after a physical training program, and to investigate the correlation of outcomes as measured submaximally or maximally. ⋯ For the monitoring of training progress in daily clinical practice, changes in heart rate at a fixed submaximal workload that requires a heart rate greater than 140 bpm may serve as an alternative to an exhaustive exercise test.