Exercise Testing in Cystic Fibrosis: Who and Why?

Annual review exercise testing is recommended by the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Trust. Testing to date has focused on evaluating aerobic fitness, a key prognostic indicator. Tests available range from simple field tests, to comprehensive evaluations of aerobic exercise (dys)function – cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). ‘Field tests’, although easy to perform are limited in the information they provide. Whereas CPET, the ‘gold standard’ measure of aerobic fitness, is recommended as the first-choice exercise test by the European CF Society Exercise Working Group.
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: The 2017 Royal Society Of Medicine Cystic Fibrosis Symposium Source Type: research