Exercise spirometry in medical practice
Lange, B.; Close, P.; Bury, T.
Revue Medicale de Liege 56(4): 228-232
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0370-629X PMID: 11421158 Document Number: 532708
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a unique tool to assess the limits and mechanisms of exercise tolerance. It is also useful for establishing the profiles and adequacy of the responses of the systems at submaximal and maximal exercises. The measure of VO2 max (maximal oxygen uptake) has become the "benchmark" to quantify cardiovascular functional capacity and aerobic fitness.