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Descriptor English: Ergometry
Descriptor Spanish: Ergometría
Descriptor ergometría
Scope note: Cualquier método de medición de la cantidad de trabajo realizada por un organismo, generalmente durante el ESFUERZO FISICO. La ergometría también incluye las medidas de fuerza. Entre los instrumentos que se usan en estas determinaciones se encuentran la manivela manual y la bicicleta ergométrica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ergometria
Descriptor French: Ergométrie
Entry term(s): Ergometries
Tree number(s): E05.333
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016552
Scope note: Any method of measuring the amount of work done by an organism, usually during PHYSICAL EXERTION. Ergometry also includes measures of power. Some instruments used in these determinations include the hand crank and the bicycle ergometer.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
DE drug effects
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RE radiation effects
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Exercise Test (1966-1991)
Exertion (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Related: Physical Exertion MeSH
DeCS ID: 30118
Unique ID: D016552
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/02
Revision Date: 2008/07/09
Ergometry - Preferred
Concept UI M0025252
Scope note Any method of measuring the amount of work done by an organism, usually during PHYSICAL EXERTION. Ergometry also includes measures of power. Some instruments used in these determinations include the hand crank and the bicycle ergometer.
Preferred term Ergometry
Entry term(s) Ergometries



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