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Exercise intolerance
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Exercise intolerance is a condition of inability or decreased ability to perform physical exercise at the normally expected level or duration for people of that age, size, sex, and muscle mass.[1] It also includes experiences of unusually severe post-exercise pain, fatigue, nausea, vomiting or other negative effects. Exercise intolerance is not a disease or syndrome in and of itself, but can result from various disorders.
Exercise intolerance | |
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Other names | Exertion intolerance |
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EKG of a 70-year-old man with exercise intolerance | |
Specialty | Cardiology, pulmonology, vascular medicine/vascular surgery/phlebology, rheumatology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, neurology; exercise physiology, physical therapy/physiotherapy |
Symptoms | Dyspnea, chest pain, other pains, fatigue, inappropriate rapid heart rate response to exercise |
Duration | Variable |
Causes | Various |
Risk factors | Multiple, including sedentary lifestyle and low baseline physical activity |
In most cases, the specific reason that exercise is not tolerated is of considerable significance when trying to isolate the cause down to a specific disease. Dysfunctions involving the pulmonary, cardiovascular or neuromuscular systems have been frequently found to be associated with exercise intolerance, with behavioural causes also playing a part.[2]