A recent study of the Italian Diabetes Exercise Study (IDES) showed how supervised exercise can produce significant improvements of cardiovascular risk among Type-2 diabetes patients. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of an intensive exercise intervention strategy in promoting physical activity and improving hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level a...

The COSMED Quark RMR with the ICU option has been recently assessed to be a suitable indirect calorimeter to be coupled with a mechanical ventilator in an intensive care unit setting. The study aimed at measuring the influence of the ventilatory settings on the parameters measured by the Quark RMR metabolic monitor. The energy expenditure of 10...

A validation of Fitmate PRO by the University of Tennessee was published recently in the prestigious Journal of Strength and Conditioning. The main purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the Cosmed Fitmate for the prediction of maximal oxygen consumption through a submaximal exercise testing. Fitmate predicts VO2max based upon the...

A validation study of Quark RMR by CRNHR was published on the 6th issue of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. The objectives of the study by the Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Rhône-Alpes were to validate accuracy and reliability of COSMED QUARK RMR indirect calorimeter versus the DELTATRAC II™, a well-establis...

In this study the measurements of two different indirect calorimeters from COSMED (Fitmate and Quark RMR) were correlated and analysed for better adequacy. The aim of this study was to check measurements of two indirect calorimeters on obese women and then comparing the results with predictive formulas (the popular Harris Benedict Equation). Tw...

COSMED's Fitmate has been validated against a “first principles” metabolic calibrator capable of delivering cyclic air flows of known tidal volume, frequency and gas makeup. “First principles” systems are advantageous in validation testing because their calibration is based solely on easily measured and verified quantities such as length and ti...

COSMED's Quark CPET has been validated against a “first principles” metabolic calibrator capable of delivering cyclic air flows of known tidal volume, frequency and gas makeup. “First principles” systems are advantageous in validation testing because their calibration is based solely on easily measured and verified quantities such as length and...