Pediatric Exercise Testing (English)

22 students

Welcome,

This is the e-learing Pediatric Exercise Testing. During this course you will learn how to conduct a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) in children and how to analyze and report CPET data. Furthermore you will learn about the exercise physiology of children and its application in healthy and diseased children. You will also learn about how to perform field tests for measuring fitness in children. The tutor for this course is Dr Tim Takken, PhD.

The course consists of 14 pre-recorded lectures, 4 quizzes and 2 case studies with pediatric CPET data. You can ask questions after every lecture. The study credit is 8 hours.

The course is completed when the student has completed at least 80% of the lessons. After completing the course the student will receive a certificate of completion. The course content is available to the students for 52 weeks.

The course is created using a professional Learning Management System.

Introduction

In this section you will learn about the lecturer and the content of the course.
- Meet Tim Takken PhD
- Course introduction
Protocols and Equipment

In this section you will learn about Protocols and Equipment for pediatric CPET
Physiological response

In this section you will learn about the (normal) physiological response to exercise for children and adults.
Interpretation and Application

In this section you will learn about the interpretation of CPET data and the Application of CPET in health and disease.
Training & Sports

In this section you will learn about using CPET results for exercise prescription.
CPET case studies

In this section you will learn to analyze CPET data.
- Case 1
  8 questions02 hour
- Case 2
  9 questions02 hour

Instructor

Tim Takken

TIM TAKKEN PhD is a medical physiologist and associate professor in pediatrics at the Wilhemina Children’s Hospital of the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands and the Princes Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is a PI in the Child Health focus area and has a special interest in clinical pediatric exercise physiology. He hosted several international meetings in Utrecht, including the European Workshop on Clinical Pediatric Exercise Testing and the 29th Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting. He is currently director of the Clinical Exercise Testing Laboratory in Utrecht. Further he is board member of CPX International and chair of the Dutch chapter of CPX International. Dr Takken published over 250 peer-reviewed papers and authored 4 books.

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