There is little literature on the use of face masks in a treadmill test (TMT) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of face masks during a TMT performed du...
Retrospective observational unicentric study of patients undergoing TMT. The inclusion criterion were being over 16years old and having performed at least one TMT in the prepandemic and postpandemic p...
One thousand six hundred fifty-five patients were included in the study. Nine hundred thirty-five (56.5%) were men and 720 (43.5%) women. The mean age was 57.3±14.9 and the mean follow-up time was 15....
The use of surgical or FFP2 face masks during the TMT did not affect functional capacity, blood pressure, heart rate, or increased ventricular arrhythmias....
The Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test (BCTT) is a standard assessment of exercise tolerance utilized for exercise prescription following concussion and to inform decisions regarding return to play. On...
Prospective cohort study, pretest/posttest....
A total of 30 participants included 13 women (43.3%), age 23.4 (1.93) years, height 173.56 (10) cm, weight 77.35 (16.3) kg, and 11 (36.7%) with history of concussion. All participants completed a neur...
BCTT: Average percentage of heart rate maximum (%HRmax) = 93.97% (4.8%); average maximum rating of perceived exertion = 18.6 (1.5). Time-based performance in single-task and dual-task conditions signi...
Healthy participants demonstrated improvements across multiple domains of neurocognitive performance following the exercise tolerance testing on the BCTT. Understanding normal responses in neurocognit...
To evaluate the feasibility of "threshold-based" aerobic exercise prescription in cardiovascular disease, we aimed to quantify the proportion of patients whose clinical cardiopulmonary exercise test (...
Breath-by-breath CPET data of 1102 patients (65 ± 12 years) referred to cardiac rehabilitation were analyzed to identify peak O...
Mean V˙O...
Only 32% of CPETs exhibited both θ...
Aerobic exercise is safe and beneficial for adolescent athletes recovering from sport-related concussion (SRC). The results of systematic graded exercise testing are used to create individualized, sub...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), documented in a significant portion of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients, has been shown to adversely impact prognosis. In most HCM patients congestive ...
Valid measurements of cardiorespiratory fitness in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) are essential during inpatient rehabilitation for a precise evaluation of the current health status, for defin...
This cross-sectional study comprises a retrospective examination of ACSM criteria for maximal effort during graded CPET of n = 380 inpatient pwMS (mean age = 48 ± 11 years, 66% female). Chi-squared or...
Only 60% of the overall sample attained a respiratory exchange ratio ≥ 1.10. With regard to the definition applied, only 24% or 40% of the participants achieved an oxygen consumption plateau, and 17% ...
Our findings suggest that a relevant proportion of inpatient pwMS do not attain common criteria utilized to verify maximal oxygen consumption. Identified predictors for criteria attainment can be used...
Maximum oxygen consumption and maximum power output are critical measures for training prescription in endurance sports such as rowing. The objective of this investigation was twofold: to compare the ...
Cardiopulmonary Exer cise Testing (CPET) is a unique physiologic medical test used to evaluate human response to progressive maximal exercise stress. Depending on the degree and type of deviation from...
Exercise stress testing using a ramp protocol has been favored for cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the stepwise protocol for CPX was preferred for ...
Ambulatory outpatients with chronic HF were enrolled for a symptom-limited stepwise bicycle exercise test in the semi-supine position on a cycle ergometer. The test was started at a workload of 30 W a...
Among a total of 36 participants (age 61.2 ± 12.4 years; 69.4% men), all subjects achieved anerobic threshold during CPX-ESE and reached 72.3% of the age-predicted peak heart rate. The peak oxygen con...
The stepwise protocol, with an initial workload of 30 W, followed by 15 W increments every 3 minutes, was feasible and provided an adequate stress load for patients with HF. This exercise stress modal...
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) can identify mechanisms of exercise intolerance in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), but exercise modalities with differing body positions...
Subjects with stable HFpEF (n = 23) underwent noninvasive treadmill CPET, followed by an invasive recumbent-cycle ergometer CPET within 3 months. A comparison group undergoing similar studies included...
The peak oxygen consumption (VO...
Compared to recumbent ergometer, treadmill CPET revealed higher VO...
