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Maximal Exercise Stress Test

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Cardiac stress test; Exercise tolerance test; Fitness test; Graded exercise test; Maximal aerobic capacity test; Maximal aerobic power test; Maximal oxygen uptake test; Symptom-limited exercise test; VO2max test

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An exercise stress test is a general term used to describe the assessment of cardiorespiratory functional capacity for either health and fitness reasons or for clinical and diagnostic purposes. Such tests, primarily conducted on a motorized treadmill or stationary cycle ergometer, involve exercising at several workloads or exercise-intensities/difficulties, while cardiovascular and respiratory measurements are recorded. Depending on the rationale for testing, the type of test employed, and the health and fitness status of the individual taking part, exercise stress tests might terminate at volitional exhaustion, upon observation of a particular clinical symptom, or at some predetermined outcome measure.

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Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) is the...

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  • McArdle, W. D., Katch, F. I., & Katch, V. L. (2001). Exercise physiology. Energy, nutrition and human performance (5th ed.). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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  • Whaley, M. H., Brubaker, P. H., & Otto, R. M. (Eds.). (2006). ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription (7th ed.). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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  1. Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK

    James E. Turner

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  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    Marc Gellman

  2. Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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  1. School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Anna C. Phillips

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Turner, J.E. (2018). Maximal Exercise Stress Test. In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_471-2

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