Exercise Prescription - 55 year old female

20 February 2017
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The case

Description

  • 55-year-old female
  • Body height: 160 cm
  • Body weight: 85 kg
  • Sex: female
  • VO2max: 1600 ml/min (108% of predicted normal value)
  • Resting HR: 102 bts/min
  • Peak exercise HR: 151 bts/min
  • Total cholesterol: 267 mg/dl
  • Fasting glycaemia: 108 mg/dl
  • Blood pressure: 115/72 mmHg
  • Medication intake: statin, ACE-inhibitor, orlistat, antiplatelet, metformin, sulfonylurea
  • Referred to rehabilitation for: obesity
  • Co-morbidities: type 2 diabetes
  • Additional information: gonarthrosis present

References

Based on the EXPERT Tool (Exercise Prescription in Everyday Practice & Rehabilitative Training) developed by the University of Hasselt, in collaboration with EAPC.

Notes to editor

Prof. Dominique Hansen, Associate Professor in Rehabilitation/Exercise Physiology in Internal Diseases at Hasselt University, Belgium.

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Contributors

Professor Dominique Hansen
Professor Dominique Hansen

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