SKILLS TO GAIN FROM THE COURSE:
- Understand the physiological response to progressive exercise;
- Understand the limiting factors of the physiological response to progressive exercise;
- Describe the typical responses found in patients with certain cardiorespiratory pathologies;
- Distinguish pathological changes from "abnormal" physiological changes;
- Know how to perform a PECP, from start to finish:
- Proper choice of proof protocol;
- Assessment and preparation of the subject;
- Performance of the test;
- Finish the test;
- Proper data collection and evidence analysis;
- Preparation of PECP reports;
- Evaluating the effects of therapeutic interventions.
PROGRAM
8:00pm | 9:00pm Diana Ferreira
Course Presentation
Introduction to PECP - clinical applications/indications of PECP.
8:00pm | 10:00pm José Alberto Duarte
Exercise physiology
Physiology of exercise limiting factors
8:00pm | 9:00pm
How to perform a progressive stress test:
- Equipment and calibration;
- Quality control;
- Procedures (PECP preparation, subject evaluation, and how to finish the test).
9:00pm | 10:00pm Ricardo Minhalma
Meaning of the PEC variables
8:00pm | 10:00pm Ana Sousa
Metabolic response to progressive exercise
Metabolic limits to exercise
8:00pm | 10:00pm José Alberto Duarte
Cardiovascular response to progressive exercise
Cardiovascular limitation to exercise
8:00pm | 10:00pm Nuno Neuparth
Ventilatory response to progressive exercise
Ventilatory limits to exercise
Limitation of pulmonary and vascular gas exchange during exercise
8:00pm | 9:00pm Ricardo Minhalma
Stress test protocols in athletes: how to choose
9:00pm | 10:00pm Joana Reis
Constant load tests
8:00pm | 10:00pm Luís Moreno
Stress test protocols in patients: how to choose.
Contraindications to performing PECP
8:00pm | 9:00pm Vasco Dias
Laboratory assessment and fitness evaluation methods
9:00pm | 10:00pm
Normal values and most frequent pathological findings in PECP
8:00pm | 9:00pm Ricardo Minhalma
Interpretation of PECP
Reporting: particularities of the response to the technical team
9:00pm | 10:00pm
Reporting
8:00PM | 11:00PM Ricardo Minhalma and Hélder Dores
Presentation and discussion of clinical cases (heart failure; pulmonary hypertension; congenital heart disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; interstitial lung disease; obesity; athletes; sedentary; cardiac rehabilitation; adaptation to altitude)
9:00am | 1:00pm
Part 1
Maximum progressive stress tests
2:00pm | 4:00pm
Part 2
Analysis, interpretation, and discussion of the evidence from Part 1
*Date subject to change