1 - Pulmonary Function Testing :
a - Diagnosis of pulmonary disability.
b - Determine the extent & type of pulmonary impairment.
c - Determine the degree of response to bronchodilators
& different medications.
2 - Fitness Assessment Of Athletes For Different
Levels Of Effort
Needed.
3 - Nutritional Assessment Via Indirect Calorimetry.
4 - Exercise Stress Testing
a - Integration of cardiac & pulmonary functions.
b - Determination of physiological responses to controlled
exercise stress.
c - Diagnostic, functional, & therapeutic objectives
e.g., can be used to optimize medical therapy
with certain classes of drugs, such as antianginal agents,
antihypertensive agents, & antiarrhythmic agents.
5 - Exercise Stress Testing In The Evaluation Of Dyspnea.
Diagnosis of the cause either cardiac, pulmonary, or other.6 - Exercise Stress Testing In The Evaluation Of Functional
a - Disability compensation.7 - Prognostic Evaluation By Exercise Testing As In Suspected Or
b - To determine the exercise capacity & cardiopulmonary
responses in healthy individuals & a variety of patient groups
who require exercise prescription or occupational activity guidelines.
c - Assessing interventions which may be needed.
a - Post myocardial infarction (MI).8 - Rehabilitation
b - Cardiomyopathy.
c - Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases - restrictive
pulmonary diseases.
d - Musculoskeletal affection, etc...
- Post myocardial infarction
- Pulmonary rehabilitation of chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases patients.
- Fitness programs for chronic pulmonary diseases.