COSMED - The Metabolic Company

Assessment of parameters of lung ventilation during 6-minute walk test in patients with COPD

The importance of measuring ventilation during the Six Minute Walk test in COPD patients has been confirmed in a study presented during the European Respiratory Society Congress in 2015 and published in ...

Test–Retest Reliability and Minimum Detectable Change Using the K4b2: Oxygen Consumption, Gait Efficiency, and Heart Rate for Healthy Adults During Submaximal Walking

A recent paper, published on "Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport" furthermore validate COSMED K4b2 portable metabolic monitoring device during submaximal Gait walking. The purpose of this study was ...

The six-minute walking test accompanied by pulse oximetry and ventilation assessment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

A new study was presented during 2013 ERS Congress with the aim was to evaluate exercise capacity, oxygen desaturation and minute ventilation (VE) during six-minute walking test (6MWT) in patients with ...

VO2max tests with Fitmate PRO performed by members of 2013 Walking with the Wounded expedition

Training session for UK team of the "Walking with the Wounded 2013 South Pole Allied Challenge" included VO2max tests with Fitmate PRO. "Walking With The Wounded" is a UK based charity which funds both ...

Taking a walk on the heart failure side: comparison of metabolic variables during walking and maximal exertion

Although cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the gold standard to assess exercise capacity, simpler tests (i.e., 6-min walk test, 6MWT) are also commonly used. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...

Evolving Role of Exercise Testing in Contemporary Cardiac Rehabilitation

The utility of graded exercise tests, cardiopulmonary exercise tests, submaximal walking tests, and other functional assessments (strength, frailty) for Cardiac Rehabilitation have been reviewed in this ...

Use of exercise testing in the evaluation of interventional efficacy: an official ERS statement

... the evaluation or use of the incremental (or ramp) exercise test (IET), the constant work-rate exercise test (CWRET), the 6-min walk test (6MWT), the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) and the endurance ...

Test-retest reliability of a portable gas analysis system under free living conditions

... reliability of K4b2 in measuring VO2 and VCO2 during walking, stair climbing and descending stairs in a free living environment. Twelve participants completed two self-selected comfortable paced walking ...

Pulmonary Function Testing with OMNIA 1.2, the new software platform by COSMED

... Includes latest Global Lung Initiative (GLI) predicteds (including Z-score) Possibility to download Six Minute Walk Test data from any Spiropalm 6MWT Body Box (TGV/RAW) Module TGV (Pre/Post ...

Test-Retest Reliability of Portable Metabolic Monitoring After Disabling Stroke

... study was to establish the test-retest reliability of a portable metabolic monitoring device during overground walking in hemiparetic stroke survivors. Twenty-three chronic hemiparetic stroke survivors ...

July 01-04, 2025: Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS)

... “Where Technology Meets the Water” 📅 Monday, 30 June🕞 15:30–18:00📍 Garden Sporting Center, Viale Euterpe 7, 47923 Rimini Just a 12-minute walk from the Palacongressi or 20–25 minutes by bus (lines ...

March 07 - 09, 2025: FIF Milano

... over time, enabling the monitoring of rehabilitation efficacy. Featured Products: K5 Q-NRG Max Quark CPET HUR Smart Balance, Leg Extension Curl, and Pulley T150 DE MED Treadmill with Airwalk, ...

Pulmonology

... in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary diseases. These devices are suitable from a walk-in clinic to a hospital and are scalable to meet the different needs. Quark ...

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... -- -- Q-i2m FOT Module -- Walking Tests Module -- -- Get in touch COSMED strives to provide the best service possible with every contact! ...

Physiological screening with COSMED Quark CPET at Beaumont Cardiovascular Performance Clinic (Michigan)

... to start up again, running around the block,” Franklin said. “A major take home message is that anybody middle aged or older should start with a walking program and should not start with running. But most ...

Medium-term impact of COVID-19 on pulmonary function, functional capacity and quality of life

... small samples showing, in severe COVID-19, a reduction of forced vital capacity (FVC), diffusing capacity or transfer factor of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO), total lung capacity (TLC), 6-min walking ...

Cardiopulmonary exercise factors predict survival in patients with advanced interstitial lung disease referred for lung transplantation

... walk, and CPET data. The primary end-point was death or lung transplantation within one-year of CPET. The findings of this research "demonstrate the potential of added prognostic value in measuring peak ...

Quark Spiro

... reference method for pre-school children assessment Compliant with latest ATS/ERS guidelines Read more Walk tests (Option) Integrated SpO2 monitor (optional) ...

Treadmills

... belt for natural walking and running. COSMED Treadmills are available with different configurations and specifications to fit any request for clinical or sport testing. Each model can interface with ...

K5 - Wearable metabolic system

... Walk Test (Option) Integrated SpO2 monitor (optional) Wireless and Holter modes Custom and standard walking protocols including 6MWT, Incremental and Endurance Shuttle Walk ...

Quark RMR

... Walk Test (Option) Integrated SpO2 monitor (optional) Wireless and Holter modes Custom and standard walking protocols including 6MWT, Incremental and Endurance Shuttle ...

Q-Box

... children assessment Compliant with latest ATS/ERS guidelines Read more Walk tests (Option) Integrated SpO2 monitor (optional) Wireless and Holter modalities Custom ...

Quark PFT

... Walk tests (Option) Integrated SpO2 monitor (optional) Wireless and Holter modes Custom and standard walking protocols including 6MWT, Incremental and Endurance ...

Quark CPET

... the user from a simple spirometry assessment to the exercise flow-volume loops during an exercise test. Walking Tests Module Optional Walking and titration test module ...

Ventilatory analysis during 6MWT gives relevant information about exercise limitation in COPD

A new poster was presented during the 2015 ERS Conference and then published in the European Respiratory Journal, highlighting the importance of ventilatory analysis during the Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) ...

6MWT performance by means of Spiropalm in patients affected by fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

An interesting poster presented during the 2014 ERS Congress features the importance of the six minute walk test with Spiropalm 6MWT in patients affected by fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. ...

Comparison of COSMED’s FitMate and K4b2 metabolic systems reliability during graded cycling exercise

... "reliability values for the FitMate ™ system were high for light to heavy intensity and could be compared with those recorded with the Cosmed K4b2". COSMED K4b2 during submaximal walking in healthy adults. ...

COSMED and Spiropalm 6MWT winners of ERS Product of Outstanding Interest 2013

... the 11 Assemblies of the ERS. Spiropalm 6MWT versatility was recognised as a new way of measuring and reporting results for the Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) by evaluating exercise capacity with integrated ...

Comparing energy cost between traditional and Western populations

... Hadza foragers allowed the researchers to test the hypothesis that hunter-gatherers expend more energy each day than subjects in market and farming economies. Energy expenditures during resting and walking ...