Jenna Taylor

Translation into Practice

With a strong clinical background, translation of research findings into practice is an important focus of Dr Taylor's research. While Dr Taylor is an early-career researcher, to enhance translation of her work into practice, several of her publications have focused on practical applications and stratgies for clinicians in delivering high intensity exercise in cardiac rehabilitation and other clinical populations.

These publications include:

• Guidelines for the delivery and monitoring of high intensity interval training in clinical populations published in the high-ranking Cardiology journal, Progress in Cardiovascular Disease. This publication provides clinician guidelines to improve the delivery of high intensity interval training in cardiometabolic populations using 1) a framework for HIIT prescription using a combination of objective and subjective measures of exercise intensity, and 2) clinical considerations for assessment and monitoring to maximize patient safety. The framework involves an individualized step-by-step process to calculate, validate, and calibrate heart rate target zones for high intensity interval training to allow for appropriate workload prescription and progression.
• Practical guidelines for exercise prescription in patients with chronic heart failure, which was an invited review for Heart Failure Reviews. This publication provides practical guidelines for optimizing exercise prescription in patients with chronic heart failure, including specific strategies for common clinical considerations such as medications, implantable devices, exercise-induced ischemia, and/or frailty.
• Adherence to High-Intensity Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS, which was invited review published in the profession-specific journal Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. This publication provides recommendations for researchers in the measurement and reporting of adherence to high intensity interval training and other exercise interventions to facilitate a sufficient and consistent approach for future studies. Furthermore, the publication provides clinicians with specific strategies to improve adherence, feasibility, and enjoyment of high intensity interval training for their patients.
• Optimizing Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation: The Importance of Exercise Intensity, which was published in the high-ranking Cardiology journal, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. A key focus of this publication is to provide clinically-relevant recommendations and strategies to optimize prescription of exercise intensity while maximizing safety in patients attending cardiac rehabilitation programs.