Scorebuilders Q&A
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Scorebuilders Q&A
Episode 36 – SCI – Graded Exercise Test
Before beginning to train for a wheelchair racing event, a 40-year-old patient with complete C7 tetraplegia undergoes a graded exercise test using an upper body ergometer. In the absence of cardiac pathology, which value represents the patient’s MOST likely maximum heart rate?
1. 60 beats per minute
2. 80 beats per minute
3. 120 beats per minute
4. 190 beats per minute
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