title: Exercise testing in children with lung diseases.
abstract: Exercise is an important aspect of health and development in children. By placing the pulmonary system under stress, exercise testing may reveal subtle dynamic abnormalities that are not apparent on conventional static pulmonary function tests. Furthermore, exercise testing assesses the functional impact of respiratory disease on children. Exercise testing has been used in children with a variety of respiratory diseases such as exercise induced bronchoconstriction, asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia to assess the severity of disease as well as response to various interventions. Furthermore, there is good evidence that exercise testing is a useful tool to help determine prognosis in patients with cystic fibrosis. In addition to the clinical utility, exercise testing is also becoming an increasingly important outcome measure in research studies.
authors: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney. OonhoeT@chw.edu.au
authors: Oon Hoe
authors: OH
authors: Teoh
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Trachsel
authors: Meir
authors: M
authors: Mei-Zahav
authors: Hiran
authors: H
authors: Selvadurai
mesh_terms: D016084:Bronchoconstriction / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000503:physiopathology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests