ReviewBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2022
Hierarchical framework to improve individualised exercise prescription in adults: a critical review.
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- Exercise dose and multidimensional motor function in young people with Down syndrome: a Bayesian network dose-response meta-analysis.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
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- Association between physical activity bout length and physical functioning in older adults using absolute and relative intensity thresholds: a longitudinal cohort study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Article
- The effect of different work rate increasing rates on cardiopulmonary exercise testing in arm ergometer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- The accuracy of fixed intensity anchors to estimate lactate thresholds in recreational runners.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Biomarkers of aging: from molecules and surrogates to physiology and function.Physiological reviews · 2025Review
- Impact of Individual Factors on Exercise Dose During a Walking Intervention in People With Stroke.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT · 2025Article
- High-Intensity Interval Training for Cancer Patients: A Review of Key Considerations for Exercise Prescription.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Global consensus on optimal exercise recommendations for enhancing healthy longevity in older adults (ICFSR).The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Review
- Core reference ontology for individualized exercise prescription.Scientific data · 2024Article
- Defining and reporting exercise intensity in interventions for older adults: a modified Delphi process.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2024Article
- Variability in exercise tolerance and physiological responses to exercise prescribed relative to physiological thresholds and to maximum oxygen uptake.Experimental physiology · 2023Article
- Maximum Heart Rate- and Lactate Threshold-Based Low-Volume High-Intensity Interval Training Prescriptions Provide Similar Health Benefits in Metabolic Syndrome Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Physical activity (PA) guidelines for the general population are designed to mitigate the rise of chronic and debilitating diseases brought by inactivity and sedentariness. Although essential, they are insufficient as rates of cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, metabolic and other devastating and life-long diseases remain on the rise. This systemic failure supports the need for an improved exercise prescription approach that targets the individual. Significant interindividual variability of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) responses to exercise are partly explained by biological and methodological factors, and the modulation of exercise volume and intensity seem to be key in improving prescription guidelines. The use of physiological thresholds, such as lactate, ventilation, as well as critical power, have demonstrated excellent results to improve CRF in those struggling to respond to the current homogenous prescription of exercise. However, assessing physiological thresholds requires laboratory resources and expertise and is incompatible for a general population approach. A case must be made that balances the effectiveness of an exercise programme to improve CRF and accessibility of resources. A population-wide approach of exercise prescription guidelines should include free and accessible self-assessed threshold tools, such as rate of perceived exertion, where the homeostatic perturbation induced by exercise reflects physiological thresholds. The present critical review outlines factors for individuals exercise prescription and proposes a new theoretical hierarchal framework to help shape PA guidelines based on accessibility and effectiveness as part of a personalised exercise prescription that targets the individual.
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