title: [The physical fitness visit: a serious medical procedure for the surveillance of sportsmen].
abstract: Assessment of physical capability is especially important in sports medicine. It allows the choice of the appropriate sport, and the biomedical follow-up of the health of the sportsman engaged in a monitored training. The so called aptitude examination is a responsible action which requires time, an accurate clinical sense and involves the responsibility both of the general practitioner and of the sport medicine specialist. During the medical follow up, with the help of specialized functional tests, the physician may detect a state of overtraining and start a dissuasive action against doping habits.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de physiologie de la motricité, Faculté de médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière 91, Paris.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Monod
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010809:Physical Fitness; D013177:Sports
vernacular_title: La visite médicale d'aptitude: un acte médical sérieux pour la surveillance des sportifs.