Target audience

• Clinicians
• Pulmonary physicians
• Respiratory physiologists
• Respiratory therapists
• Trainees in the above specialities

Educational aims

Following this course, participants will be able to:

• Review the basic principles of exercise physiology and physical activity.
• Identify the indications for exercise testing.
• Explain the rationale, the physiological effects and how to assess and perform exercise training.
• Apply different protocols for assessing exercise capacity and interpret their results.
• Understand the physiological significance of cardiopulmonary response profiles in the context of exercise protocols.
• Become familiar with the equipment involved in exercise testing.
• Describe and interpret the different exercise variables and indices.
• Describe methods for assessing physical activity.
• Optimise quality control and assurance of exercise testing.
• Evaluate the effects of therapeutic interventions.