Key result
Mild exercise reveals ballistocardiogram abnormalities missed at rest, potentially identifying asymptomatic CHD.
Why the study?
The ballistocardiogram response to exercise in normal and abnormal subjects was not well characterized, and exercise may reveal abnormalities not seen at rest.
Does mild exercise induce changes in the ballistocardiogram that can detect latent cardiac abnormalities?
Population
40 healthy subjects and patients with abnormal findings
Comparison
Ballistocardiogram before and after mild exercise
Design
Observational statistical study
Authors
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Exercise may unmask ballistocardiographic abnormalities missed at rest; leaves open diagnostic utility pending modern validation.
Observational (n=40)
Does mild exercise induce changes in the ballistocardiogram that can detect latent cardiac abnormalities?
Exercise ballistocardiography can reveal latent cardiac abnormalities before the clinical picture of coronary heart disease develops.
DONALD H. MAKINSON (1950) conducted an observational in Coronary heart disease (n=40). Mild exercise vs. Rest was evaluated on Changes in the ballistocardiogram. Mild exercise can reveal abnormalities in the ballistocardiogram that are not detected at rest, potentially identifying coronary heart disease before clinical symptoms develop.