Ruffier Dickson test

The Ruffier Dickson test can better know their form of state based on heart rate variation after a famous resistance exercise, the air squat or squat body weight

Ruffier Dickson test (IRD) in 3 steps

After staying about 5 minutes lying quietly:

• Take his pulse (P1)
• Perform complete 30 crunches on the legs, arms straight and feet flat on the floor in 45 seconds and steady pace. Note that a frequency of climbs and descents too fast or too slow alter the final value of the test. Just after taking her pulse (P2)
• Lengthen and resume his pulse 1 minute after the year end (P3)

Ruffier Index = (P1 + P2 + P3) - 200/10

Dickson Index = ((P2-70) + 2 (P1-P3)) / 10

DICKSON The index is more reliable than the index RUFFIER because if a subject is too emotional it may have a resting heart rate (P1) too fast, its index will be from the beginning a little truncated and its score will be unfavorable.

This index can include at least two concepts:

1. Athletes who have a good training heart rate at rest slowing over the months which is a guarantee of longevity
2. People spontaneously with a low heart rate are advantaged and have a greater ability to exercise.

Ruffier Index

• Index <0 = very good adaptation to effort
• 0 <number <5 = good adaptation to effort
• 5 <Index <= 10 adaptation to the average stress
• 10 <Index <= 15 adaptation to the insufficient efforts
• 15 <= index poor adaptation to effort

Index Dickson

• Index <0 = excellent
• 0-2 = very good
• 2-4 = good
• 4 to 6 medium =
• 6-8 = Low
• 8-10 = very low
• 10 <= index mismatch

Moreover, the figures obtained allow further analysis:

• P1 must decrease with aerobic training. Land work leads to lower recovery heart rate.
• P2 should not exceed 1/2 P1 + P1 for a trained subject. There is an economy and cardiac adaptation to effort.
• P3 should not exceed P1 + 10. The recovery is faster.

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Remarks

• The best method is to wear a heart rate monitor during the test to get instant frequency without risk related to the handgrip of the error pulse
• This test and its interpretation apply to adults; for children whose resting heart rate is higher, a suitable interpretation is necessary