Maximum Breathlessness Test by Patrick McKeown

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To measure your upper limit of tolerance of breathlessness. Taken from the Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown • Perform the Maximum Breathlessness Test: • -Exhale normally through nose • -Walk at a normal pace while holding the breath • -Count the maximum number of paces that you can hold your breath • Goal 80 to 100 paces • Less than 60 paces- significant room for improvement • The duration of breath-holding after deep inspiration is a function of several factors: • -Chemoreception (chemosensitivity) • -Mechanoreception (light stretching receptors) • -The impact of descending cortical respiratory drive • -Cognitive component • The first two are involuntary but the most important (Ilyukhina and Zabolotskikh, 2000; Parkes,2006) • Trembach Nikita, Zabolotskikh Igor. Breath-holding test in evaluation of peripheral chemoreflexsensitivity in healthy subjects. Respiratory Physiology Neurobiology 235 (2017) 79–82 • Click here to Subscribe to OxygenAdvantage YouTube Channel: / oxyathlete • Connect with Oxygen Advantage: • / 290807441400098 • / oxygenadvantage

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