Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Historical Perspective, Principles & Applications
http://www.uthsc.edu/

Clinical Approach to Dyspnea
http://www.stritch.luc.edu

Pulmonary Function Testing
Scott H. Donaldson, MD
http://www.med.unc.edu

Indications for PFT
http://faculty.mdc.edu

Pulmonary Function Testing
http://media.lanecc.edu

Protein: The Unappreciated Ergongenic Macronutrient
Douglas Kalman PhD
http://chua2.fiu.edu/

Interpreting pulmonary function tests
Selim Krim, MD
http://www.ttuhsc.edu

Pulmonary Function Tests
Kimberly Otsuka, M.D.
http://uappc.peds.arizona.edu

Dyspnea
Michael Jantz, MD
http://www.medicine.ufl.edu/

ACSM Standards and Exercise
Dr. Green
http://jsgreen.tamu.edu/

Correlating EMG exercise tests with genotype
Marianne Arzel-Hézode, Emmanuel Fournier
http://rarediseasesnetwork.epi.usf.edu/

Evaluation of symptoms: cough and dyspnea
http://www.med.unc.edu/

Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Hypertension
Ron Workman
http://www.meddean.luc.edu

ACSM’s Guidelines For Exercise Testing & Prescription
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu

Prescription of Exercise For Health And Fitness
http://mbl.tamu.edu/

Applied Exercise Physiology
John Scott Green
http://jsgreen.tamu.edu

Prescription of Exercise for Health, Wellness, and Fitness
http://iris.nyit.edu

Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy
Mark Nelson, MPT
http://faculty.washington.edu/


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