Novel use of arm ergometry cardiopulmonary exercise testing for non-elective patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia: a feasibility trial
Stacie Hodge, Adam Haque, Tanviha Quraishi-Akhtar, Angella Bryan, Steven Rogers, Frank Lee Bowling, Jonathan Ghosh · 2026
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Stacie Hodge and colleagues test arm exercise checks before leg surgery in 2026. One center in Greater Manchester hosted the work. Patients had severe leg artery disease. Most cannot do leg-based fitness tests. An arm crank test offers a way around that.
Sixty patients did the bedside arm test. Most inpatients met the entry rules. Most who were asked agreed to take part. Nearly all finished the test to exhaustion. No major harm came during or after tests. Most tests ran within 48 hours of the decision. Surgery was not delayed by testing. Patients found the test acceptable overall.
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| CREATOR | Stacie Hodge, Adam Haque, Tanviha Quraishi-Akhtar, Angella Bryan, Steven Rogers, Frank Lee Bowling, Jonathan Ghosh |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35254 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |