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CPET / ventilatory file format

Required columns

Time (seconds or mm:ss), VO₂ (mL/min), VE, VCO₂, RER, and HR. Relative VO₂ (mL/kg/min) strongly improves VO₂max accuracy.

Recommended columns

PETO₂, PETCO₂, Speed (km/h) or Watts, and optional stage labels for running economy.

Units

VO₂ in mL/min; relative VO₂ in mL/kg/min; speed in km/h; power in watts. Apostrophe variants (V'O₂) are auto-mapped.

Sampling

Breath-by-breath or aggregated rows are accepted. Avoid duplicate column mappings in the upload wizard.