PG17 - Exercise testing in children

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: A. Colin (Miami, United States of America), K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
Aims: The specific aims of this course are:
• to outline how exercise performance develops through childhood;
• to review the methods used for cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children;
• to outline an approach to the interpretation of exercise tests in children. Target audience: Those wanting a better understanding of exercise testing in children including paediatricians, primary care physicians, trainees in paediatric respiratory medicine.

The development of exercise ability and capacity through childhood: a developmental overview T. Rowland (Springfield, United States of America)
How is it done? Equipment, methods and normal values for paediatric exercise testing V. Unnithan (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Interpreting exercise tests: a structured approach for the paediatrician P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
When can exercise testing in children help you? Clinical examples K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)