Spiroergometry
Understand how well your heart, lungs and metabolism perform under exercise.
At a glance
How capable is your body really?
How we feel under exertion depends on the interplay of many different systems. The heart and circulation have to transport enough blood, the lungs have to provide oxygen, and the muscles have to use it as efficiently as possible.
Spiroergometry makes it possible to examine this interplay under physical exertion. While you exercise on a cycle ergometer, we measure your breathing, oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide output and heart rate, among other parameters.
This produces a detailed picture of your current endurance capacity — and a sound basis for tailoring training and physical exertion individually to you.
Exercise testing under real exertion
Unlike examinations at rest, spiroergometry shows how your body responds to increasing physical exertion.
During the examination you wear a breathing mask. Through it, the inhaled and exhaled gases are analysed continuously. At the same time, heart rate and exercise intensity are recorded.
This makes it possible to trace how much oxygen your body can take up and use, how your breathing changes as exertion increases, and in which intensity ranges your metabolism is working.
What can be examined?
Endurance capacity
Maximum and submaximal exercise capacity can be recorded objectively and assessed in your personal context.
Oxygen uptake
The measurement shows how much oxygen the body can take up under exertion and use for energy production.
Individual training zones
On the basis of the measurement results, exertion zones can be defined that allow endurance training to be steered more precisely.
The interplay of heart, lungs and metabolism
Measuring several parameters in combination may provide indications of which factors determine or limit your performance.
Step by step to your exercise limit
Preparation
Before the measurement, your health situation and the prerequisites for the exercise test are reviewed. The measuring devices and the breathing mask are then fitted.
Incremental exercise
On the ergometer, the workload is increased step by step. Throughout, your respiratory gases and further performance parameters are recorded continuously.
Personal evaluation
After the examination, the results are evaluated and discussed with you. From these, individual recommendations for training, exertion management and further diagnostic steps can be derived.
Not only for competitive athletes
Spiroergometry may be useful, for example:
- if you would like to determine your current endurance capacity objectively
- if you would like to make your training more targeted and more efficient
- if you are returning to regular training after a longer break
- if you notice an unexplained drop in performance
- if you would like to know in which exertion zones it makes sense for you to train
- to monitor your physical performance over time
- as part of comprehensive cardiovascular and exercise testing
The results are always assessed in the context of your individual state of health, your goals and further examination findings.
Related topics.
Heart & Circulation
Understanding heart and circulation under exertion
How capable is your cardiovascular system, and how does it respond to physical exertion? Modern diagnostics help to consider individual risks and performance reserves in a differentiated way.
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Sport, Fitness & Movement
Training more precisely
Good training begins with knowing your own body. Exercise and movement diagnostics create the basis for training planning that matches your personal prerequisites and goals.
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Energy & Metabolism
Understanding energy better
How efficiently your body provides energy influences your capacity in sport and in everyday life. We consider metabolism, performance and individual influencing factors together.
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