The anaerobic threshold (AT) remains a widely recognized, and contentious, concept in
exercise physiology and medicine. As conceived by Karlman Wasserman, the AT coalesced …

The activities of daily living typically occur at metabolic rates below the maximum rate of
aerobic energy production. Such activity is characteristic of the nonsteady state, where …

Exercise tests are commonly used in clinical practice for both functional and diagnostic
assessments. Many exercise tests are designed to produce a single measurement relevant …

This review provides a pulmonary-focused description of the age-associated changes in the
integrative physiology of exercise, including how declining lung function plays a role in …

Background: Passive training of specific locomotor muscle groups by means of
neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) might be better tolerated than whole body …

Background: Up to 53% of individuals who had mild COVID-19 experience symptoms for> 3-
month following infection (Long-CoV). Dyspnea is reported in 60% of Long-CoV cases and …

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a widely applied clinical procedure. The aim of
the present study was to acquire a comprehensive set of reference values for …

Obese adults with asthma have an increased number of comorbidities and reduced daily life
physical activity (DLPA), which may worsen asthma symptoms. Exercise is recommended to …

Dyspnea and exercise limitation are among the most common symptoms experienced by
patients with various chronic lung diseases and are linked to poor quality of life. Our …

A 6-min step test (6MST) may constitute a practical method for routinely assessing effort
tolerance and exercise-related oxyhaemoglobin desaturation (ERD) in the primary care of …