Ruffier Dickson cardiac cues: test your heart!

[Christophe]

Here is a subject that should please our dear dedeleco: comment on testing your "heart" health and exercise recovery capacity with 2 simple clues to test or even ... in a few minutes with just a watch!

Directions:

The Ruffier-Dickson test takes place in 3 stages:
- Take your pulse after lying quietly for 5 min (= P1)
- Perform 30 complete flexions on the legs, arms outstretched and feet flat on the ground, in 45 seconds. Take your pulse right after. (= P2)
- Lie down and take your pulse 1 min after the end of the exercise (= P3)

Do the calculations:

Ruffier index = ((P1 + P2 + P3) - 200) / 10
Dickson index = ((P2-70) + 2 (P3-P1)) / 10

Reading the results:

a) Ruffier

Index <0 = very good adaptation to effort
0 to 5 = good adaptation to effort
5 to 10 = adaptation to average effort
10 to 15 = insufficient adaptation
> 15 = poor adaptation to the effort = additional assessment necessary

b)Dickson

<0 = excellent
0 to 2 = very good
2 to 4 = good
4 to 6 = medium
6 to 8 = low
8 to 10 = very weak
> 10 = poor adaptation

Other info:

P2 must not exceed P1 + 1/2 P1 for a trained subject
P3 should (should?) Not exceed P1 + 10

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_de_Ruffier

[dedeleco]

I did not know, but it is for those who get tired, just by moving a little finger:

Perform 30 full flexions on the legs, arms outstretched and feet flat on the floor, in 45 seconds. Take your pulse right after. (= P2)
- Lie down and take your pulse 1 min after the end of the exercise (= P3

because bending of this type uses almost no energy,
especially that the cadence is not indicated, 30 in 15 seconds is very different from 30 in 3 to 6 minutes !!!

For me, this index only makes sense by climbing 200m in elevation in 15 minutes by running at 30% slope, instead of 30 unfortunate bending on the spot in 6 minutes !!!

Those exhausted after these 666m at 30% by running in less than 15 minutes, stuck, or not arriving (without measuring their pulse), even grandfathers of my age, must be sent directly to the hospital!!

[elephant]

It is still necessary to find the elevations!

[Forhorse]

It is written 30 in 45 seconds, which already makes a good rhythm.
And the idea is to test the reaction to effort and recovery, not to push the limits of the subject ...

[sen-no-sen]

Those exhausted after these 666m at 30% by running in less than 15 minutes, stuck, or not arriving (without measuring their pulse), even grandfathers of my age, must be sent directly to the hospital!!

Well, aren't you a Dede extremist?

The Ruffier Dickson test is well known to sports doctors and is often used to issue a medical certificate for sports.

There is another test - more dynamic - to determine its resistance to effort:

The "Cooper", well known to soldiers and firefighters:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_de_Cooper

So the maximum distance to run for 12 min on a 400 m track (see result tables in the links).

The "light luc" :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_de_Luc-L%C3%A9ger
It requires an MP3 player, and consists of making a maximum of going back and forth over 20 m while being synchronized with beeps ... which accelerates every minute ...

[dedeleco]

But none climbs a hill or 66 floors, quickly running or pedaling !!!
Huge difference in power and fatigue in endurance very different from a sprint, more dangerous !!!!

Which should not test the limits of a normal individual, even a grandfather !!

[dedeleco]

It is still necessary to find the elevations!

Riding up, just one floor 66 times is enough !!!

What I did at home, with a flu coming, cold chills, to raise my temperature and my blood circulation, to stimulate my immune system, without going to breathe cold air outside at -11 ° !!

[sen-no-sen]

But none climbs a hill or 66 floors, quickly running or pedaling !!!
Huge difference in power and fatigue in endurance very different from a sprint, more dangerous !!!!

Which should not test the limits of a normal individual, even a grandfather !!

The Cooper is not a sprint, because it takes 12 minutes.
The light Luc is not bad because it requires almost no warm-up, it starts very soft at 4 km / h and progresses from minute to minute and this ... until vomiting!

Riding up, just one floor 66 times is enough !!!

It's even more fun to jog outside!

[Christophe]

Roooh this dedicated who still makes his pig head !! (and I remain polite)

Hey instead of criticizing (it becomes "just a bit" heavy there), apply the method and give us your results of great sportsman of the daily elevations !!!

Who is for me to award dedéleco the special status of "great Kritikeur"?

[sen-no-sen]

Who is for me to award dedéleco the special status of "great Kritikeur"?

Give him the Nobel!