Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: May | Volume: 11 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 58-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210508
A Study to Compare the Effectiveness of Treadmill and Cross Trainer on Rate Pressure Product and Rate of Perceived Exertion in Hypertensive Patients
Shivani Sutaria1, Sweety Shah2
1Post-Graduate student, SBB College of Physiotherapy, VSGH Hospital, Ahmedabad, India
2Ph.D, MPT, SBB College of Physiotherapy, VSGH Hospital, Ahmedabad, India
Corresponding Author: Shivani Sutaria
ABSTRACT
Background: Several cardiovascular events are to be related with the decrease in the myocardial oxygen supply when the demand increases. The valuable marker of cardiac function is Rate pressure product. It is the product of heart rate and systolic blood pressure. Hypertension has been identified as independent risk factors for adverse cardiovascular events.
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the effect of treadmill and cross trainer on rate pressure product and rate of perceived exertion in hypertensive patients.
Method: An observational study was done on 32 hypertensive subjects with the age group between 35-60 years as per inclusion and exclusion criteria. The subject was divided into two groups. Group A was made to walk randomly on treadmill for 15 min and group B was made to exercise on cross trainer for 15 minutes. Before and after the completion of test, rate pressure product and rate of perceived exertion was measured.
Result: Non parametric test were used to compare outcomes before and after interventions within and between the groups. Result shows that there was significant improvement in rate pressure product (p<0.03) and rate of perceived exertion after walking on treadmill and exercising on cross trainer, while no significances noted while comparing between groups (p >0.88).
Conclusion: The present study concluded that both treadmill and cross trainer can be used effectively for exercise prescription and preventing cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients, but the treadmill was prone to be more effective as the mean difference was low compared to cross trainer and there was greater muscle fatigue noted with cross trainer.
Key words: rate pressure product, rate of perceived exertion, treadmill, cross trainer, hypertension.