The Borg Scale as an important tool of self-monitoring and self-regulation of exercise prescription in heart failure patients during hydrotherapy - A randomized blinded controlled trial

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1871-1876

  Carvalho, Vitor Oliveira ^a   Bocchi, Edimar Alcides ^a   Guimarães, Guilherme Veiga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Borg scale; Exercise prescription; Heart rate; Hydrotherapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BORG SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF MONITORING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349850539     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0333     Document Type: Article

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