• Laboratory setting
• “MUST” in patients at risk referred for high intensity exercise training
• As of age 5-6y à treadmill
• Information
  • Peak VO2
  • Exercise limitation
  • HR during training, symptom
  • Safety
• Poor availability, costly
  

Is the patient's exercise tolerance normal?

• Peak oxygen consumption
  • ml/min
  • ml/min/kg
  • in METs (1 MET = 3.5ml/min/kg)
  • % of predicted value