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Review
. 2018 Jun:27:28-32.
doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2018.01.004. Epub 2018 May 18.

Exercise testing in cystic fibrosis: Who and why?

D S Urquhart  1 , Z L Saynor  2
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Review

Exercise testing in cystic fibrosis: Who and why?

D S Urquhart et al. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

Annual review exercise testing is recommended by the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Trust. Testing to date has focused on evaluating aerobic fitness, a key prognostic indicator. Tests available range from simple field tests, to comprehensive evaluations of aerobic exercise (dys)function - cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). 'Field tests', although easy to perform are limited in the information they provide,whereas CPET, the 'gold standard' measure of aerobic fitness, is recommended as the first-choice exercise test by the European CF Society Exercise Working Group. CPET offers a precise cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic evaluation of exercise capacity, including assessment of mechanism(s) of exercise limitation.

Keywords: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing [CPET]; Cystic fibrosis; Exercise; Exercise physiology.

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