Abstract
[Purpose] We investigated cardiopulmonary assessment using the stand-up exercise as the loading method. [Subjects and Method] The subjects were 16 healthy males. Stand-ups were performed at a frequency of 30 times per min, and the physiological reaction was assessed. The height of the chair used for the stand-ups was adjusted to subjects' fibula height in the standing position. The measurement items were oxygen uptake volume, heart rate, blood pressure height, weight, sitting height and chair height; and the assessment items were workload, metabolic equivalent, heart rate increase (%) and myocardial oxygen consumption. [Results] The average workload was 592.5 ± 130.3 kg·m/min, and average oxygen uptake was 24.8 ± 2.1 ml/min/kg. From the metabolic equivalent and heart rate increase subjects' cardiopulmonary function was judged as Good (5 persons, 31%), Fair (10 persons, 63%) or Poor (1 person, 6%). [Conclusion] From the biggest trend for the subject judged Poor for the workload, when performing cardiopulmonary function assessments using the stand-up exercise as the loading method, the workload also needs to be considered.
