Ergometrie im Kindes-und Jugendalter

Abstract

Very often a specialist of sports medicine is asked for the aerobic capacity of young athletes as well as a pediatrician is asked for the capacity of ill youth. To answer these questions it is necessary to perform an ergometry beside a medical history and clinical investigation. The following article describes the indications and contraindications from the pediatric point of view as well as the specials in performing and interpretating the ergometry in children and adolescents.

Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents and young adults with Klinefelter syndrome – a pilot study

“…The test was continued until limiting symptoms for exercise termination occurred, according to criteria previously described ( 27 ). For overweight children and adolescents, the workload was calculated corresponding to their height to avoid overloading ( 26 ). Respiratory gas exchange measurements were obtained breath by breath by a commercially available system (Vyntus ® CPX, Vyaire medical Inc., Mettawa, IL-USA).…”

“…The test implementation was adapted to the methods previously described by Pasquali et al (14) Pedal length was adjusted according to the recommendations of the German society for pediatric cardiology (24,25). As recommended for children and adolescents, a weight-based protocol was used with a starting load of 1.0 W/kg body weight and an increase of 0.5 W/kg load every two minutes (24,26). The test was continued until limiting symptoms for exercise termination occurred, according to criteria previously described (27).…”