Dear all
The Annual GENERAL MEETING of CPX International will take place on Friday September 5th 2025 at 14:15 during the Basel Practicum
The agenda is as follows
1) Acceptance of the minutes of the last meeting
2) Business arising
3) Presidents report Professor P Agostoni
4) Executive Director and treasurers report Dr P Older
5) Any other business
Unfortunately i am unwell and i will be unable to do Abstracts for a while
Paul Older
Dear Colleagues,
Imagine three days in the heart of Europe—three days where the very architects of modern cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) “open their labs” and share their insights with you.
We are delighted to invite you to the 27th European Practicum on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing, taking place from 3–5 September 2025 in Basel, Switzerland—the only edition of this event in 2025.
This year’s practicum features a world-class faculty including:
Under the Swiss skyline, you will:
✔ Conduct live CPET sessions on cutting-edge metabolic/gas-exchange systems
✔ Decode complex data in real time with top-tier experts by your side
✔ Participate in small-group rotations for immersive, hands-on learning
✔ Submit your research for the Young Investigator Competition
✔ Enjoy Swiss precision and hospitality, including a networking dinner close to the river Rhein
If you’ve ever wanted to …
• train shoulder-to-shoulder with world-leading CPET experts,
• get hands-on with the newest metabolic cart technologies, and
• build collaborations that could redefine your clinical or research path –
… now is the time.
🕓 Important: Seats are limited and registration closes on 15 August 2025.
👉 Secure your spot now: cpx2025-dsbg@unibas.ch
With kind regards
Prof. Dr. Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss (Switzerland) – course chair and host, University of Basel
Dear all
There is an international study being performed to establish which patients are best investigated via CPET preoperatively. It is called DELPHI and involves international experts in our field.
Please get involved by going to the following website: it will not cost you anything.
https://data.castoredc.com/open-survey/A86617CD-0EDF-45A6-8119-322EF24798DF/88E967AF-2521-4DA5-B996-3487338D7B94/30298114-E420-486D-BEA0-7741B85E1642
Don’t forget to enrol yourself or your colleagues for the basel Practicum in September. The following link will take you to the website and allow you to enroll:
www.cpxinternational.com/practicum/basel-2025/
My best regards
Paul Older
Dear all
There is still time to register for the Basel Practicum. This is an opportunity to renew old aquaintances, to hear any new ideas and see new equipment; not to mention a trip to beautiful Basel.
click here for more information
www.cpxinternational.com/practicum/basel-2025/
My best regards
Paul Older
A great time to renew old friends and catch up with the latest in CPET
27th European Practicum on Clinical Exercise Testing
https://conferences.unibas.ch/frontend/index.php?sub=122
Join us in Basel for the 27th European Practicum on Clinical Exercise Testing (September 3rd to 5th, 2025), a premier event for sport and exercise medicine physicians.
This three-day course offers a unique opportunity to engage with internationally recognized experts in cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).
Our program features high-quality lectures, hands-on tutorials, and interactive small-group sessions tailored to all experience levels.
Topics span from foundational CPET physiology to advanced clinical applications across a range of health and disease states.
Hosted at the University of Basel’s Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, the CPX Practicum 2025 is your gateway to the latest in exercise testing science and clinical integration.
Just be there
My regards
Professor Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss & Dr Paul Older
Dear all
I should not be doing this but I hope that you will excuse me!Read the last abstract that I have just sent to you; the one about the 700 odd Olympic qualifyers. I was surprised; I wonder how many of you were!
My regards
Paul Older
Dear all
These videos I have just loaded onto the website www.cpxinternational.com
Have a look!
Would you like to know a little bit about muscle fibres?
Watch this video about basic anatomy, physiology and significance of muscle fibres.
or about the anaerobic threshold
watch this video discussions around the anaerobic threshold
or even about CPET and exercise
then watch this video CPET and exercise
how about 9-panel plots
then this is for you the various 9 Panel Plots.
but if you are interested in the history of measurement of oxygen uptake
then try here A history of oxygen uptake
Hope you enjoy these
Paul Older
Dear all
The link below is to the Basel Practicum. This will enable you to see the extent of the programme, register yourself or a colleague to attend this exciting Practicum and have look around the city!.
Give some serious thought to attending, as this allows you to meet people from all over the globe and perhaps to update your knowledge of whats new.
Attached also is the flyer with the QR code.
https://conferences.unibas.ch/frontend/index.php?folder_id=348&page_id=
All the best
Paul Older
Dear all
I have just added a video on ‘Muscle fibres’ which is on our ‘Playlist’ on the left text column when you load YouTube. Some of you have been having problems accessing this.
To help with this the direct link is
https://youtu.be/x9c=UW8769Q
enter this in the ‘Search’ box on the YouTube once you have opened it. It is at the top of the page.
There are two others on our exclusive Playlist
My regards
Paul