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. 2020 Sep 9;7(6):3782–3791. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12959

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mean heart rate (HR) response during a 9 min Baduanjin session with a 3 min and a 2 min breathing adjustment before and after practice in patients with chronic heart failure (n = 20). During Baduanjin, the mean HR was 86.1 ± 15.2 b.p.m., which was 67% of HRmax (SD: 12%), categorizing Baduanjin as a moderate‐intensity exercise (55–70% of HRmax). Similar to the VO2 response lines, the HR response also exhibited a bimodal distribution with smaller magnitudes during Baduanjin. Overall, (A) the absolute HR response line remained under the equivalent HR at ventilatory threshold and (B) the %HRmax response line remained within the moderate‐intensity area.