Advances in Ergometry

Exercise testing is widely used all over the world to assess functional capacity in athletes, healthy subjects and patients. The editors hope that this book will make a substantial contribution to our knowledge regarding exercise testing and will help physicians to appropriately evaluate exercise testing in healthy and diseased subjects. The recent upsurge in research on exercise testing reflects the growing interest of physicians in the subject, since ergometry can be used to assess functional capacity in patients and healthy individuals as well as in athletes. This study reports new findings and clinical experiences with ergometry. Essays describe the present status of exercise testing and how it can be be applied to various situations. Topics discussed include anaerobic test programmes, exercise testing with paraplegics, exercises for special clinical conditions, echocardiography and exercises for children.