Abstract des Autors

To estimate how much physical activitiy is needed to improve overall health status in female patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), the dose-response relationship between the duration of daily aerobic exercise and change in vital age (VA) was assessed for 4 months of exercise training. VA was considered as an index of physical health status and was computed from various coronary risk factors and physical fitness elements. Eighteen female patients with IHD, aged 54.3+/-9.1 yrs, continued the supervised exercise training 1-2 d/wk and the self-controlled exercise training 1-5 d/wk for 4 months. The intensity of exercise was set at individually determined lactate threshold. Daily duration of aerobic type exercise calculated for each patient averaged 21.1+/-11.0 min/d, ranging from 4.6 to 46.7 min/d. After the 4-month exercise training, VA decreased from 59.6+/-12.1 yrs to 54.2+/-11.8 yrs. Significant correlation was found between daily duration of exercise and the change in VA (Spearman's rho=-0.60; Pearson's r=-0.62). In this relationship, 10 min/d of exercise induced the decrease in VA and no further decrease in VA was found over the 30 min/d of exercise. In the 11 variables which constitute the equation of VA, oxygen uptake at lactate threshold (Spearman's rho=0.65; Pearson's r=0.64) and balancing on one leg with eyes closed (Spearman's rho=0.48; Pearson's r=0.51) significantly correlated with daily duration of aerobic exercise. From these results, it is suggested that the amount of moderate intensity exercise required to improve physical health status in female patients with IHD may be 10-30 minutes per day. Verf.-Referat