Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 610-616 , May 2007

Exercise Testing and Training in a Cancer Rehabilitation Program: The Advantage of the Steep Ramp Test

  • Ingrid C. De Backer, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ingrid C. De Backer, MSc, Dept of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, De Run 4600, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Goof Schep, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Adwin Hoogeveen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Gerard Vreugdenhil, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Arnold D. Kester, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Eric van Breda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Movement Science, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

  • Image Result

    Linear regression model to predict maximal workload V̇o2max test from the steep ramp test outcome.

    Linear regression model to predict maximal workload V̇o2max test from the steep ramp test outcome.

  • Image Result

    Linear regression model to predict V̇o2max from the steep ramp test outcome.

    Linear regression model to predict V̇o2max from the steep ramp test outcome.

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PII: S0003-9993(07)00111-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.013

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 610-616 , May 2007