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    • Exercise physiology
    • Cardiovascular health assessment

    Background:

    • Traditional exercise capacity measures like metabolic equivalents (METs) and target heart rate zones are widely used.
    • However, their accuracy in reflecting an individual's true functional capacity is debated.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To critically evaluate current methods for assessing exercise capacity.
    • To identify a potentially more accurate criterion for measuring functional capacity.

    Main Methods:

    • The study reviews and challenges existing methodologies for exercise capacity measurement.
    • It analyzes the limitations of METs and target heart rate calculations.

    Main Results:

    • Standard methods based on METs or target heart rate may not be the most accurate.
    • A percentage of maximum functional heart rate emerges as a potentially superior criterion.

    Conclusions:

    • Rethinking exercise capacity assessment is necessary.
    • Utilizing a percentage of maximum functional heart rate could offer a more precise evaluation of an individual's exercise capacity.