Chris Simpson is an Exercise Physiologist at Beacon Hospital, and he talks through the Sports Lab Programme for Endurance Athletes.

Objective information on soccer player physical status is an important factor for coaches and managers enabling selection and training. 

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is an important part of the pre-season player screening process. Elite soccer match play is characterized by intermittent high intensity activity, underpinned by high levels of aerobic and anaerobic fitness in players.

Bob van den Berg, pulmonologist at the OLVG Hospital in Amsterdam, is currently conducting an observational study with COSMED Quark CPET among (top) athletes who have suffered from Corona.