The relationship between exercise capacity and health status

his study examined the relationship between exercise capacity and health status as measured by the Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) in patients referred to a nuclear cardiology lab for an exercise tolerance test (ETT). Ninety-six subjects participated in this study. The ETT used was the standard Bruce protocol. Demographic characteristics were collected in an interview. Results showed the duration of the exercise test was strongly and positively correlated with 5 scales on the SF-36 (p...