Metabolic equivalents fail to indicate metabolic load in post-myocardial infarction patients during the modified Bruce treadmill walking test.

Aim: To investigate the suitability of metabolic equivalents (METs) for determining exercise intensity in phase-IV post-myocardial infarction (MI) men during the modified Bruce treadmill walking test (MBWT).

Methods: Twenty phase-IV post-MI men (mean±SD, aged 64.4±5.

Metabolic equivalents during the 10-m shuttle walking test for post-myocardial infarction patients.

Objective: Comorbidities are found to affect metabolic equivalents (METs). Therefore the main objective of this study was to compare METs (1 MET: oxygen uptake (Vo(2)) 3.5 ml/kg/min) during an incremental shuttle walking test (SWT) between non-cardiac and post-myocardial infarction (MI) men, and secondly to determine any differences in Vo(2) (ml/kg/min) between flat treadmill walking and the turning during the shuttle walking in non-cardiac subjects.