CARDIAC ACTIVITY RESPONSE TO PASSIVE WALKING-LIKE LEG MOVEMENT AT DIFFERENT MOVEMENT FREQUENCIES

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether cardiac activity response to passive walking-like leg movement (PWM) is influenced by movement frequency. Heart rate and double product were used as indices of cardiac activity. Each subject (n=8) conducted three types of 10-min PWM: PWMs at 0.33 Hz, 0.66 Hz and 1 Hz. There was no statistically significant differences in responses of heart rate and double product in the three types of PWM, suggesting that there is no marked difference in cardiac activity response to PWM at least with movement frequencies between 0.33 Hz and 1 Hz.