title: Clinical exercise performance.
abstract: The authors discuss key concepts of exercise performance as they relate to the practice of clinical medicine. These concepts include types of exercise, muscle physiology, maximal oxygen uptake, myocardial oxygen demand and supply, and neural regulation of cardiovascular response to exercise.
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000294:innervation; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010809:Physical Fitness; D013318:Stroke Volume