Monod H
Laboratoire de physiologie de la motricité, Faculté de médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière 91, Paris.
Bull Acad Natl Med. 1990 Nov;174(8):1247-52; discussion 1252-3.
Assessment of physical capability is especially important in sports medicine. It allows the choice of the appropriate sport, and the biomedical follow-up of the health of the sportsman engaged in a monitored training. The so called aptitude examination is a responsible action which requires time, an accurate clinical sense and involves the responsibility both of the general practitioner and of the sport medicine specialist. During the medical follow up, with the help of specialized functional tests, the physician may detect a state of overtraining and start a dissuasive action against doping habits.
