Madness or progress? The dilemma of standardizing exercise physiology thresholds.

This section comments on an article advocating for the standardization of methods in assessing exercise physiology thresholds to enhance precision, accuracy and reproducibility, as well as to reduce inconsistencies in the field. It claims that cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) protocols must vary widely in exercise modality, intensity progression, step length and measurement techniques to account for the typical interindividual characteristics of its population and setting.