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This review provides an overview of clinical exercise physiology, focusing on central cardiac function, oxygen consumption, heart rate, and resistance training for clinical populations.
This review provides foundational knowledge on central cardiac dynamics and exercise prescription guidelines for physical therapists managing diverse clinical populations.
The purpose of this review is to present an overview of literature relevant to clinical exercise physiology and exercise prescription. Because of the vast amount of both old and new research, the review has been limited to central cardiac function in health and disease, and to recent work on the relationship between oxygen consumption and heart rate. In addition, a brief review of resistance exercise training with respect to clinical populations is presented. Exercise recommendations for several clinical populations are also included. This paper is relevant to physical therapists because of the necessity of using exercise as a therapeutic tool. Physical therapists should understand central cardiac dynamics during exercise in clients ranging from the young and healthy to older, debilitated individuals, and should have a solid foundation in the practice of prescribing exercise.
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Brown et al. (2001) conducted a review in Clinical populations. Exercise prescription was evaluated. This review provides an overview of clinical exercise physiology, focusing on central cardiac function, oxygen consumption, heart rate, and resistance training for clinical populations.
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