Abstract
Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) is effectively used in locomotive training for patients with neurologic and musculoskeletal deficits. The impact of BWSTT on oxygen uptake (VO<sub>2</sub>) and cardiovascular (HR and BP) response in patients has been shown to be variable, possibly due to level of Body Weight Support (BWS) or exercise intensity.
Highlights
Gait training has shown to be an effective and functional intervention to include in populations with neurologic and musculoskeletal impairments as a method to help prevent cardiorespiratory and physical decline [1,2,3]
30% Body Weight Support (BWS) while walking at 50% VO2 max elicited similar VO2 and HR responses to unweighted walking at 35% VO2 max
Body weight support applied at 35% VO2 max showed no difference in HR or Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) response, but HR was significantly reduced between trials 0050 and 3050
Summary
Gait training has shown to be an effective and functional intervention to include in populations with neurologic and musculoskeletal impairments as a method to help prevent cardiorespiratory and physical decline [1,2,3]. Body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) has become a popular method to provide safe and effective intervention to these patient populations [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. The purpose of this study was to compare and quantify VO2, HR, and BP response in healthy adults during BWSTT at 0% and 30% BWS for two exercise intensities (35% and 50% VO2max)
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