Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Uses

Dosage & preparation

Preparation

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• CPET is resource-intensive and logistically demanding, making widespread use infeasible in many healthcare systems. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• Change in peak oxygen uptake (VO2 peak) measured by CPET is the primary outcome of the trial. — Telemedicine-based individualised aerobic exercise training in Chinese adults with inactive or mildly active inflammatory bowel disease: study protocol for a single-centre, semi-crossover randomised controlled trial
• CPET uses an incremental protocol starting with two minutes of unloaded cycling followed by progressive watt increases every two to three minutes until exhaustion. — Telemedicine-based individualised aerobic exercise training in Chinese adults with inactive or mildly active inflammatory bowel disease: study protocol for a single-centre, semi-crossover randomised controlled trial
• CPET is conducted and reported by certified cardiac rehabilitation specialists using standardised protocols. — Telemedicine-based individualised aerobic exercise training in Chinese adults with inactive or mildly active inflammatory bowel disease: study protocol for a single-centre, semi-crossover randomised controlled trial
• CPET is the proposed non-invasive gold standard for preoperative fitness assessment, with consistent prognostic accuracy confirmed across large studies. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• Objective CPET-based VO2 peak as primary endpoint advances beyond the subjective patient-reported outcomes used in prior aerobic exercise trials in IBD. — Telemedicine-based individualised aerobic exercise training in Chinese adults with inactive or mildly active inflammatory bowel disease: study protocol for a single-centre, semi-crossover randomised controlled trial
• A clinically significant improvement is defined as a 5% increase in VO2 peak (1.41 mL/kg/min) from a baseline mean of 28.2 mL/kg/min. — Telemedicine-based individualised aerobic exercise training in Chinese adults with inactive or mildly active inflammatory bowel disease: study protocol for a single-centre, semi-crossover randomised controlled trial
• In the METS substudy, nearly half of participants completed CPET before the 6MWT on the same day, which may have confounded 6MWT results. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery