Patent ID: 6554776
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: A61B,A63B

Abstract:
A method for establishing an exercise prescription for a patient comprising the steps of:(a) measuring a subject's carbon dioxide production and oxygen uptake continuously from a state of rest to a predetermined level of exercise; (b) calculating the subject's energy expenditure as a predetermined function of carbon dioxide production and oxygen uptake for measured values thereof; (c) determining the subject's respiratory exchange ratio (RER) as the ratio of carbon dioxide production to oxygen uptake continuously; (d) calculating data representing fat metabolization as a function of time during an exercise period; (e) determining the anaerobic threshold, AT, and the associate heart rate; (f) measuring the subject's average heart rate during a predetermined portion of time interval when the data representing fat metabolization calculated in step (d) remains relatively constant; (g) using the measured average heart rate computed in step (f) as a target heart rate when the goal of the exercise prescription is weight loss.