Cardiovascular Fitness Procedures Manual

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4.9.1 Data Not Within Acceptable Limits


Some of the reasons for early termination included data items that exceed set limits.

There are edit limits set on the following measurements:

„ Heart rate greater than 80 percent PMHR in Warm-up AND the SP is unable to
continue.

„ Heart rate greater than 85 percent PMHR (90% for 1 2 through 18 years) in any stage
of the treadmill test AND the SP is unable to continue.

„ Heart rate greater than 100 percent in any stage of the treadmill test.

„ SBP greater than 260 mmHg.

„ DBP greater than 115 mmHg.

„ RPE greater than 17 (after confirming that the SP understands the concept).

„ If these limits are exceeded, the ISIS system will display a message indicating what
specific edit limits have been exceeded.

"(Data item) is not within acceptable limits. Go to Recovery."

„ Click OK.

„ The ISIS system will then give an auditory message:

“Press ‘Go to Recovery’ on ISIS screen.”

“Change treadmill controller to Recovery Stage for current protocol.”

„ Change the setting on the treadmill controller by pressing Next Stage until the
Recovery Stage is reached.

„ Recovery Stages 1 and 2 (and 3 if necessary) will be completed as usual. When
Recovery is complete, press the Next button to advance to the next screen.
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