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18.11 Gardner test protocol
Description
Illustration
For application in angiology
Refer to “test mode” for safety information and adjustment.
Pre-test phase: Subject stands on the footboards, not on the belt.
The Gardner test protocol serves to evaluate the
maximum walking distance of peripheral arterial
disease subjects with intermittent claudication.
The test is to be performed under constant supervision
of a medical doctor.
The subject first stands on the side footboards of the
running machine and not on the belt. Start test profile
11 and the belt speeds up to 3.2 km/h. As the subject
steps onto the running belt, the doctor presses the
START key again. By pressing the START key the
second time, the displays will be reset to zero.
Step
Duration
(min:sec)
Speed
(km/h)
Elevation
(%)
Total time
(min:sec)
0
until START
is pressed
3.2
0
until START
is pressed
Test phase: Subject steps onto the running belt.
1
02:00
3.2
0
2:00
2
02:00
3.2
2
4:00
3
02:00
3.2
4
6:00
4
02:00
3.2
6
8:00
5
02:00
3.2
8
10:00
6
02:00
3.2
10
12:00
7
02:00
3.2
12
14:00
8
02:00
3.2
14
16:00
9
02:00
3.2
16
18:00
10
02:00
3.2
18
20:00
11
30:00
3.2
18
50:00
18.10 Ramp profile
Description
Illustration
(not available for every model)
Refer to “test mode” for safety information and adjustment.
Ramp profile with 2 parameters:
❚
Target speed standard: 10.0 km/h; adjustable from 0 to maximum
speed of the treadmill.
❚
Time for reaching target speed in seconds: standard: 10 seconds;
adjustable from 0 to 99 seconds
