Type
Consultation
Duration
1 hour
What's included
6 deliverables in this treatment
- All components of the basic sports medicine examination
- Bicycle ergometer stress test with stepped protocol
- Continuous 12-lead exercise EKG throughout the test
- Blood pressure response monitoring at each intensity stage
- Maximum watt output measurement as aerobic fitness indicator
- Medical fitness certificate for sport
A full pre-participation sports medicine examination at CPM Pavla Koláře that adds a bicycle ergometer stress test to the standard EKG and physical evaluation. The stress test captures cardiovascular response to graduated exertion — including exercise EKG, blood pressure progression, and maximum watt output as a measure of aerobic fitness — providing a far more complete cardiovascular safety picture than a resting examination alone. Required for competitive athletes and those participating in high-cardiovascular-demand sports.
About this treatment
The sports medicine examination with ergometry extends the basic pre-participation assessment with a bicycle ergometer stress test, which reveals cardiovascular anomalies that only manifest under exertion — including exercise-induced arrhythmias, ST-segment changes indicating ischaemia, hypertensive blood pressure responses, and abnormal heart rate recovery patterns that would be completely invisible on a resting EKG.
The ergometer test follows a stepped protocol in which resistance is increased incrementally while the physician monitors a continuous 12-lead EKG and takes blood pressure readings at each stage. The test is typically taken to submaximal effort (a calculated percentage of age-predicted maximum heart rate) unless the protocol requires a maximal push — as it does for competitive clearance in some federations. The watt output at submaximal or maximal effort…
For competitive athletes, the ergometry examination generates the stress EKG documentation required by most Czech sports federations for licence renewal. For recreational athletes using the examination as personal due diligence, the watt output and blood pressure response data are genuinely useful: they confirm that training intensity is appropriate for the cardiovascular system's current capacity, and they provide a baseline for monitoring change over…
Good to know
- Test type
- Bicycle ergometer (graded exercise test)
- Measures
- Exercise EKG, blood pressure response, watt output
- Required for
- Competitive athletes and high-risk sport categories
Who is this for?
Competitive athletes, endurance sports participants, those in high-cardiovascular-demand sport categories, anyone wanting a complete pre-training cardiovascular safety assessment
About the clinic
Reviews, team and credentials
Independent review links and clinic-reported team information.
Clinical team
The centre is founded by Prof. PaedDr. Pavel Kolář, Ph.D. (born 1963, Prague), developer of the DNS methodology, vice-dean of Charles University's 2nd Faculty of Medicine, and author of 140-plus professional publications. The wider team comprises 150-plus physiotherapists, rehabilitation physicians, orthopedists, sports medicine doctors, neurologists, cardiologists, radiologists, psychologists, and nutritionists —…
Languages: cs, en
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Treatment highlights
- All components of the basic sports medicine examination
- Bicycle ergometer stress test with stepped protocol
+4 more items in What's included
3,000 Kč per examination. Includes all components of the basic examination plus bicycle ergometer stress test with stress EKG, blood pressure response monitoring, and aerobic capacity (watt output) assessment. Suitable for competitive and recreational athletes, and mandatory for high-risk sport categories.