Post COVID CPET Testing at Taipei Hospital - Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center

Published: 24 June 2025

In this video, staff from the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center at Taipei Hospital demonstrate how a CPET is conducted and explain how it aids in diagnosing the cause of exercise limitations, assessing exercise capacity, and creating personalized exercise prescriptions and training plans.

The primary goal of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) is to assess an individual's physiological response to exercise stress and evaluate their performance in specific lifestyle and occupational scenarios based on the results.

This test primarily measures the following factors: aerobic fitness (specifically maximum oxygen uptake or VO2max), changes in blood flow during exercise (focusing on heart rate and blood pressure responses), cardiac electrophysiological reactions (including arrhythmias and ST-segment changes), and any signs or symptoms that may limit exercise capacity.

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[ Video credits: Taipei Hospital YouTube Official Channel ]