Six-minute Walk Test: What You Should Know

The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is used to objectively assess the exercise capacity of patients with moderate to severe pulmonary diseases. Unlike pulmonary function tests, the 6MWT captures the often-coexisting extrapulmonary manifestations of chronic respiratory diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, frailty, sarcopenia, and cancer. Unlike cardiopulmonary exercise testing, this test is low-complexity and safe. The patient […]

Stress tests: physiological effects in soccer players

By América Torres master1305/Freepik Stress tests are used in sports and occupational medicine to detect latent diseases, monitor treatment effectiveness, and measure patients’ physical performance capacity.   Ergometry is essential as it is a clinical diagnostic method that allows early recognition of a disease in order to monitor it over time and to provide individual […]