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Naughton protocol
Indications:
- see exercise tolerance testing
- submaximal stress test used to detect myocardial ischemia after myocardial infarction
- good choice for elderly, less physically fit patients
Procedure:
- submaximal exercise tolerance testing (ETT) using treadmill
- 1 MET intensity increments
Stages
stage speed grade time Mets
0 1.0 mph 0% grade 2 min 1.6 Mets
I 2.0 mph 0% grade 2 min 2 Mets
II 2.0 mph 3.5% grade 2 min 3 Mets
III 2.0 mph 7% grade 2 min 4 Mets
IV 2.0 mph 10.5% grade 2 min 5 Mets
V 2.0 mph 14% grade 2 min 6 Mets
VI 2.0 mph 17.5% grade 2 min 7 Mets
Related
exercise stress testing
post-MI exercise testing; rehabilitation treadmill testing; predischarge exercise testing
General
exercise protocol
References
- Clinical Exercise Physiology
Testing and Prescription
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/pe/exs190web/190clinexphys2.htm
- Naughton Treadmill Protocol
http://www.livestrong.com/article/318681-naughton-treadmill-protocol/
- Handler CE and Sowton E
A comparison of the Naughton and modified Bruce treadmill exercise
protocols in their ability to detect ischaemic abnormalities
six weeks after myocardial infarction
European Heart Journal(1984) 5, 752-755
http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/9/752.full.pdf
- Singh VN
eMedicine (Medscape): Cardiac Rehabilitation
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/319683-overview