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Themed Review: The Risk in Exercise Training
Carl Foster, PhD*,
John P. Porcari, PhD,
Rebecca A. Battista, PhD,
Brian Udermann, PhD,
Glenn Wright, PhD,
and
Alejandro Lucia, MD, PhD
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: foster.carl{at}uwlax.edu.
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Although exercise training is unequivocally of benefit relative to the risk of cardiovascular disease, there is a definable risk of complications during exercise training. In younger individuals, the risk is almost exclusively related to the presence of congenital abnormalities, whereas in older (~40 years) individuals, the risk is largely related to atherosclerotic disease. In both groups, the risk of the underlying pathology leading to clinical presentation is increased by higher intensity exercise. In older individuals, preexercise screening is of potential benefit but is not generally well done. Exercise prescription should favor lower intensity exercise during the early weeks of an exercise program. Subjective methods, which do not rely on the results of an exercise test, including the Rating of Perceived Exertion and the Talk Test, are to be recommended because preliminary exercise testing is performed inconsistently. There are inadequate data regarding the spontaneous exercise training intensity in both healthy individuals and patients.
First published on May 8, 2008, doi:10.1177/1559827608317274
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 2008;2:279.
A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2008
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