Exercise Testing and Interpretation

This handbook provides a practical and systematic approach to the acquisition interpretation and reporting of physiologic responses to exercise. Pulmonologists cardiologists and sports physicians as well as respiratory therapists and other allied health professionals will find this book an indispensable resource when learning to select proper instruments identify the most appropriate test protocols and integrate and interpret physiologic response variables. The final chapter presents clinical cases to illuminate useful strategies for exercise testing and interpretation. Useful appendices offer laboratory forms algorithms and calculations as well as answers to FAQs. A glossary of terms symbols and definitions is also included. Handbook of Exercise Testing and Interpretation: A Practical Approach offers clearly defined responses (both normal and abnormal) to over thirty performance variables including aerobic cardiovascular ventilatory and gas-exchange variables. Practical portable and easy-to-read this essential guidebook can be used on its own or together with a more detailed book on the subject.