Normative cardiopulmonary exercise data for endurance athletes: the <i>C</i>ardiopulmonary <i>H</i>ealth and <i>E</i>ndurance <i>E</i>xercise <i>R</i>egistry (CHEER)

Abstract

Commonly used V˙O2peak prediction equations derived from general population cohorts perform poorly among competitive EA. Newly derived CPET reference values including novel V˙O2peak prediction equations may improve the clinical utility of CPET in this rapidly growing patient population.