A simple method to quantify physical activity “dose” in Patients with Alzheimer Disease

Introduction: Physical activity favourably affects symptomatology and general health in patients with Alzheimer's disease [1]. Accurate quantification and monitoring of exercise “dose”, as described by oxygen consumption (VO2), is necessary to explore a possible dose-response relationship between exercise and health benefits. However, due to the elevated cost of direct, gold-standard methods, this is rarely done outside research laboratories. A simple “field” method to estimate VO2 in healthy adults and clinical populations was recently proposed based on the existence of a strong relationship between Metabolic equivalents (METs) and Heart rate-index (HRindex; Actual HR/resting HR) [2].
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