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Muscle strength, physical activity and cardiopulmonary performance

Measurement of muscle strength, physical activity in everyday life and cardiopulmonary performance

Muscle strength

In order to measure the effects of our exercise and nutrition programmes on the muscles and thus on the body stability, we measure the muscle strength of various important muscle groups. These measurements include hand force measurement using a hand dynamometer and isometric force measurement of the leg, arm and torso muscles.

Physical activity in everyday life

With special portable sensors (accelerometers), the physical activity during the whole day is determined by means of acceleration measurement. The measurement can be carried out over one or several days and supports the control of the individual nutrition and training concept.

Cardiopulmonary performance

Spiroergometry

Spiroergometry is a diagnostic procedure by which the reaction of the heart, lungs, circulation and metabolism during physical exertion is analysed by measuring respiratory gases. This method is the golden standard for assessing cardiopulmonary performance (performance of the heart-lung system). The maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) is determined as the central parameter. The measurement is carried out with the aid of a face mask worn during a continuously increasing stress test (e.g. on a bicycle ergometer or treadmill).

Lactate diagnostics

With increasing physical exertion, an increased formation of metabolic products such as lactate, occurs which is accompanied by increasing acidosis of the body. The determination of the lactate concentration during physical activity offers the possibility to objectively assess the degree of stress and to determine the anaerobic threshold range, which marks the highest possible stress intensity that can still be maintained without increasing acidosis. Thus it is possible to determine the current training condition and to create an individual endurance training plan. The measurement is minimally invasive using a few drops of capillary blood that are taken from the ear lobe during a stress test (e.g. bicycle ergometer or treadmill). The lactate diagnostics can be performed in combination with or separately from spiroergometry.