Resources

We did not invent these assessments. The protocols in SplendoMonitor have been in use for decades, and the literature on what cardiorespiratory fitness predicts is large, independent and consistent. The papers below are that literature, third-party and peer-reviewed. None of them evaluates our product.


Articles

Peer-reviewed research on cardiorespiratory fitness and what it is associated with, across surgery, general health, longevity and sport.

Subjective assessment underestimates surgical risk: On the potential benefits of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for open thoracoabdominal repair

D.M. Bailey et al. (2022)

Read on PubMed

'Fit for surgery': the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and postoperative outcomes

George A. Rose et al. (2022)

Read on PubMed Central

Association between Cardiorespiratory Fitness, obesity, and health care costs: The Veterans Exercise Testing Study

J. Myers et al. (2019)

Read on PubMed

Association of Preoperative High-Intensity Interval Training With Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Postoperative Outcomes Among Adults Undergoing Major Surgery

K. Clifford et al. (2023)

Read on JAMA Network

Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Long-term Mortality Among Adults Undergoing Exercise Treadmill Testing

K. Mandsager et al. (2018)

Read on JAMA Network

Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth: An Important Marker of Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

G. Raghuveer et al. (2020)

Read on AHA Journals

Effects of Exercise Mode on Improving Cardiovascular Function and Cardiorespiratory Fitness After Bariatric Surgery: A Narrative Review

A.M. Mahmoud et al. (2018)

Read on PubMed

Making the Case to Measure and Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Routine Clinical Practice

C.J. Lavie (2022)

Read on MAYO Clinic Proceedings

Objectively Assessed Cardiorespiratory Fitness and All-Cause Mortality Risk: An Updated Meta-analysis of 37 Cohort Studies Involving 2,258,029 Participants

J.A. Laukkanen et al. (2022)

Read on PubMed

The role of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on quality of life in midlife women

M.Q. Flesaker et al. (2021)

Read on PubMed

Short-Term Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Cardiorespiratory Response at Submaximal, Ventilatory Threshold, and Maximal Exercise in Women with Severe Obesity

N. Vibarel-Rebot et al. (2023)

Read on PubMed