TITLE:
Oxygen uptake, heart rate, and work rate at ventilatory threshold for treadmill walking against a horizontal impeding force
AUTHORS:
Akihiro Azuma
KEYWORDS:
Vetilatory Threshold; Horizontal Load; Ramp Slope; Walking; Cycling
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.5 No.12,
December
11,
2013
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to compare the ventilatory threshold (VT) between treadmill walking against a horizontal impeding force (horizontal load walking) and a cycle ergometer exercise. Seven adult men volunteered to participate in this study. They performed horizontal load walking (velocity: 1.11 m/s) and a cycle ergometer exercise (pedaling frequency: 60 rpm), with loads imposed using a ramp slope technique. Oxygen uptake at the VT during horizontal load walking was greater than that during a cycle ergometer exercise (p