Chronotherapy exercise technique
First Claim
1. A chronotherapy exercise technique for treating a patient having an abnormal condition reflected by a reduced heart rate variability which deviates from a heart rate variability reflecting a normal condition, the technique comprising the steps of:
- A. continuously monitoring the heart pulse rate of the patient in the course of an exercise session during which the patient undergoes a series of exercise-relaxation cycles, the patient in an exercise phase of each cycle expending a surge of energy causing the pulse rate to rise to a peak rate above a resting rate, the pulse rate in a relaxation phase swinging down from the peak rate to a rate below the resting rate to produce a pendulum effect causing the pulse rate to rise to a higher peak rate in a succeeding cycle, the rising and falling pulse rate in the course of each cycle generating a heart wave; and
B. sychronizing the time during which heart waves are generated with a wave of an internal biological clock whereby with repeated exercise sessions, the heart rate variability is induced to approach said normal variability.
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Abstract
A chronotherapy exercise technique for treating a patient whose abnormal condition, regardless of its nature or origin, is reflected by a heart rate variability (HRV) that is reduced and deviates from an HRV reflecting a normal condition. In this treatment, the patient in an exercise session undergoes a series of exercise-relaxation cycles in which during each cycle the pulse rate of the patient rises and then falls to generate a heart wave. To enhance the efficacy of the treatment, the heart waves generated in the course of an exercise session are synchronized in time with an internal wave produced by a biological clock, this activity functioning to expand the range of the biological wave and inducing the HRV to approach an HRV, which for the patient being treated reflects a normal condition.
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33 Claims
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1. A chronotherapy exercise technique for treating a patient having an abnormal condition reflected by a reduced heart rate variability which deviates from a heart rate variability reflecting a normal condition, the technique comprising the steps of:
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A. continuously monitoring the heart pulse rate of the patient in the course of an exercise session during which the patient undergoes a series of exercise-relaxation cycles, the patient in an exercise phase of each cycle expending a surge of energy causing the pulse rate to rise to a peak rate above a resting rate, the pulse rate in a relaxation phase swinging down from the peak rate to a rate below the resting rate to produce a pendulum effect causing the pulse rate to rise to a higher peak rate in a succeeding cycle, the rising and falling pulse rate in the course of each cycle generating a heart wave; and
B. sychronizing the time during which heart waves are generated with a wave of an internal biological clock whereby with repeated exercise sessions, the heart rate variability is induced to approach said normal variability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer readable medium containing a program implementing a chronotherapy exercise technique for treating a patient having an abnormal condition reflected by a reduced heart rate variability which deviates from a heart rate variability reflecting a normal condition, the technique comprising:
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A. continuously monitoring the heart pulse rate of the patient in the course of an exercise session during which the patient undergoes a series of exercise-relaxation cycles, the patient in an exercise phase of each cycle expending a surge of energy causing the pulse rate to rise to a peak rate above a resting rate, the pulse rate in a relaxation phase swinging down from the peak rate to a rate below the resting rate to produce a pendulum effect causing the pulse rate to rise to a higher peak rate in a succeeding cycle, the rising and falling pulse rate in the course of each cycle generating a heart wave; and
B. synchronizing the time during which heart waves are generated with a wave of an internal biological clock whereby with repeated exercise sessions, the heart rate variability is induced to approach said normal variability. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for implementing a chronotherapy exercise technique for treating a patient, wherein said technique comprises subjecting said patient to a conditioning exercise session that itself comprises successive exercise-relaxation cycles, and wherein said patient has a heart pulse rate, a heart rate variability, and an abnormal condition indicated by a reduced heart rate variability that deviates from a normal heart rate variability reflecting a normal condition, said system comprising:
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a heart beat monitor that monitors said heart pulse rate in the course of implementing said technique;
a heart beat rate display connected to said heart beat monitor, wherein said display displays said heart pulse rate; and
a computer connected to at least said heart beat monitor wherein said computer is programmed so that in the course of an exercise phase of each cycle the exercising patient expends a surge of energy causing his pulse rate to rise to a peak rate above a resting rate, the pulse rate in a relaxation phase to swing down from the peak rate to a rate below the resting rate to produce a pendulum effect causing the pulse rate to rise to a higher peak rate in a succeeding cycle, the rising and falling pulse rate in the course of each cycle generating a heart wave, and wherein said computer is programmed to synchronize the time during which heart waves are generated with a wave of an internal biological clock whereby with repeated exercise sessions, the heart rate variability is induced to approach said normal variability. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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