Medicine:Exercise capacity

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Short description: Maximum sustained physical exertion


Exercise capacity is defined as "the maximum amount of physical exertion that a patient can sustain".[1][2]

References

  1. "UpToDate". https://www.uptodate.com/contents/exercise-capacity-and-vo2-in-heart-failure/print. 
  2. Goldstein, Robert E. (1990). "Exercise Capacity". Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations (3rd ed.). Butterworths. ISBN 978-0-409-90077-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK404/.