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Exercise Physiology

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The Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Children's Hospital performs more than 1,600 exercise tests each year. The most sophisticated, state-of-the-art technology is used to obtain the most reliable and clinically useful data.
Formal exercise testing can provide valuable and objective insights into a patient's cardiopulmonary condition and capacity.

Most clinical tests done by pediatric cardiologists (other than exercise tests), assess the cardiopulmonary system when a patient is at rest (lying still). Although valuable, these tests do not necessarily predict how a patient's cardiopulmonary system will respond to the demands of exercise, or measure the patient's true capacity to perform physical activities. The testing done in Children's Exercise Physiology Laboratory provides this assessment.

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