Issues Concerning Exercise Load Tests and Their Application in Physical Therapy

Abstract

Instances of physically disabled persons and the elderly receiving physical therapy outside medical institutions or at home have become common. In this paper, we review the assessment of cardiopulmonary function from the points of view of instrumental and non-instrumental loading. We investigated the application of noninstrumental loading, which is generally implemented, in a wide-ranging survey of the literature. We conclude that the exercise loading method which uses the stand-up exercise, one of the non-instrumental loading methods, can be considered useful in future applications. An issue concerning the application of stand-up exercise is the adjustment of the physical workload and the workload appropriate to subjects needs to be clarified.