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Rationale |
| Robert A. Bruce (1916-2004) experimented with various combinations of treadmill speed and incline until he devised a staged protocol that provides a linear increase in METS. |
Bruce Protocol Stages |
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Bruce RA, Blackmon JR, Jones JW, Strait G. Exercising
testing in adult normal subjects and cardiac patients.
Pediatrics. 1963 Oct;32:Suppl 742-56. |
