Ramp Profile; Gardner Test Protocol - h/p/cosmos 170-190/65 Series Original Instructions Manual

18.10 Ramp profile

Description
(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

18.11 Gardner test protocol

Description
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.
Duration
Step
(min:sec)
until START
0
is pressed
Test phase: Subject steps onto the running belt.
1 02:00
2 02:00
3 02:00
4 02:00
5 02:00
6 02:00
7 02:00
8 02:00
9 02:00
10 02:00
11 30:00
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Speed Elevation
(km/h) (%)
3.2 0
3.2 0
3.2 2
3.2 4
3.2 6
3.2 8
3.2 10
3.2 12
3.2 14
3.2 16
3.2 18
3.2 18
Illustration
Illustration
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
Total time
of a medical doctor.
(min:sec)
The subject first stands on the side footboards of the
until START
running machine and not on the belt. Start test profile
is pressed
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
2:00
second time, the displays will be reset to zero.
4:00
6:00
8:00
10:00
12:00
14:00
16:00
18:00
20:00
50:00
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