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ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2025

Assessment and repeatability of aerobic capacity using the Chester Step Test among current, former, and never smokers.

Grazia Caci, Lucia Spicuzza, Rosalia Emma, Davide Campagna, Meera Nadir, Erika Anastasi, Francesco Pennisi, Stanley Hunter, Shivraj Bhide, Riccardo Polosa

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Article in Internal and emergency medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Grazia CaciUOC MCAU, University Teaching Hospital "Policlinico-S.Marco", University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 78 - Ed. 4, P. 2, 95123, Catania, Italy.
Lucia SpicuzzaCenter of Excellence for the Acceleration of HArm Reduction (CoEHAR), University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Rosalia EmmaCenter of Excellence for the Acceleration of HArm Reduction (CoEHAR), University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Davide CampagnaUOC MCAU, University Teaching Hospital "Policlinico-S.Marco", University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 78 - Ed. 4, P. 2, 95123, Catania, Italy.
Meera NadirAshford and St.Peters Hospital, NHS Trust, Chertsey, UK.
Erika AnastasiECLAT Srl, Spin-off of the University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Francesco PennisiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Stanley HunterSchool of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Shivraj BhideAshford and St.Peters Hospital, NHS Trust, Chertsey, UK.
Riccardo PolosaUOC MCAU, University Teaching Hospital "Policlinico-S.Marco", University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 78 - Ed. 4, P. 2, 95123, Catania, Italy. polosa@unict.it.ORCID 0000-0002-8450-5721

Funding

Università di Catania 21040200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cigarette smoking contributes to reduced cardiorespiratory performance, which may improve upon cessation. Consequently, former smokers' cardiorespiratory fitness should not be significantly different from that of never-smokers. This study aims to compare V̇O

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Cardiorespiratory FitnessExercise TestSmokersSmokingAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxygen ConsumptionReproducibility of ResultsAerobic capacityChester Step TestExercise capacitySmokersV̇O2max

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PMID39487926
PMCPMC11794401

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