Equipment

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Equipment
Ergometers
Cycle ergometer
Treadmill
2
Equipment
Respiratory and metabolic /gas equipment

• Transducer
• Gas analyzers O2 CO2 analyzers
• Face mask, mouthpiece, nose clip

3
Equipment
Pulse oximeter
hypoxemia
4
Equipment
Arrhythmia Ischemia
EKG monitoring
Bipolar (3-electrode)
Modified 12-lead (10-electrode)
5
Equipment
Exercise effort Termination of test
HR monitoring
6
Equipment
Hypertension Hypotension (rare)
BP monitoring
7
Choosing a test protocol
MET
5.0
7.5
9.5
13.0
16.0
The Bruce treadmill protocol
MET metabolic equivalent 1 MET 3.5 ml/kg/min
(resting) 0.0175 Kcal/kg/min
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Example
Exercise Testing Worksheet (Protocol Modified
Balke) No .. Name .
Age .. Sex
HRmax ..
1
Minutes
Speed (km/hr)
Grade ()
HR
2
SaO2

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