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Method of and apparatus for measuring the physical condition of a person

  • US 4,343,315 A
  • Filed: 06/20/1980
  • Issued: 08/10/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of simultaneously testing the physical condition of a plurality of persons, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of adjacent paths of progressively different lengths, the length of the longest path being at least twenty-five percent greater than the length of the shortest path,having each person sequentially walk over each path in said plurality of paths in the same set period of time for each path, at a speed defined by requiring each walker to cover the length of each path in the same predetermined time interval, and after the set period of time, having each person move to an adjacent path of greater length, said persons moving progressively from the shortest path to paths of progressively increasing length such that the walking speed is progressively increased, andcontinuously observing the heart rate of each person.

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