Quantitative analysis of heart rate recovery profile during recovery from physical work

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1992

Abstract

A mathematical model depicting a person's heart rate profile during the recovery period was developed. This model consisted of two heart rate parameters, namely, a resting heart rate (HRR) and a heart rate increase (ΓHR), and a model parameter (ß) representing the recovery rate of heart rate. A load-carrying experiment was conducted to study the following: (1) the relationship between work load and the recovery rate of heart rate, and (2) the possibility of using the model to estimate a person's heart rate recovery profile. From the experiment, heart rate recovery profiles from fourteen subjects were recorded and their recovery rates were determined. The results showed that for the load carrying activity the recovery rate of heart rate linearly correlated with work load; the higher the work load, the faster the recovery rate was. Furthermore, when comparing the heart rate recovery profiles estimated by the model to those previously recorded, remarkable similarities were found at every work load studied. © 1992.

Identifier

38249012197 (Scopus)

Publication Title

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-8141(92)90065-8

ISSN

01698141

First Page

329

Last Page

342

Issue

4

Volume

9

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