Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation?
Simon NicholsD O Gleadall-SiddallR AntonyA L ClarkJ G F ClelandS CarrollL InglePublished in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2017)
Change in estimated VO2peak derived from the ACSM leg cycling equation is not an accurate surrogate for directly determined changes in VO2peak . Our findings show poor agreement between estimates of VO2peak and directly determined VO2peak . Applying estimates of VO2peak to determine CRF change may over-estimate the efficacy of CR and lead to a different interpretation of study findings.
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