A treadmill test will tell the doctor if your child's heart is beating in a regular way during exercise. Read about the treadmill test.
Learn about exercise tests. An exercise test, or ECG, is a diagnostic procedure that records the way a child's heart works when they exercise.
A VO2 max exercise test measures how well your child's heart and lungs send oxygen to the muscles during exercise. Learn about the VO2 max exercise test.
A lung test, or pulmonary function test, is used to measure how well you lungs are working. Learn why you may need a pulmonary function test and what to expect during the test.
A stress MIBI test looks at the flow of blood through the heart during rest and exercise using a radioactive agent.
Spending more time moving during the day helps most people with sickle cell pain feel more able to take part in activities they enjoy. Learn more about why uptime (time spent moving) is important and how to get more of it.
Learn about diagnostic procedures used to detect heart conditions in children and how to help your child get through tests.
Nuclear medicine tests use small amounts of radioactive material that give off radiation that is detected by special cameras. They take very detailed pictures.
Physiotherapy can help with pain, weakness, limited range of motion, and reduced physical ability. Learn how a physiotherapist can help your child or teenager with JIA management.
This World Health Day, learn how to help your child stay active and provide them with the support they need to stay motivated.
Learn about different kinds of tachycardia (fast heart rate) and how tachycardia is treated.
The causes of heart failure in children are often very different than in adults. Discover what causes heart failure in children, how it is diagnosed and possible treatments.
Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.
A flow rate test helps to assess how well your child can empty their bladder by measuring the rate at which urine flows out of it. Learn more about the procedure and preparing your child.
An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heart. Find out when an ECG may be done and what is involved in the test.
A GFR test measures how well your kidneys are working. Find out why this test is done and what to expect during the test.
Find out what a hemoglobin A1c test is and why your child requires one.
Hearing tests (audiograms) measure how well you can hear sounds at different volumes. Learn why you may need a hearing test and how a hearting test is done.
A calorimetry test measures a child's resting metabolic rate. Learn about what happens during a calorimetry test as well as how to prepare your child.
Learn about heart catheterization tests and electrophysiology studies, which give information about the structure of a child's heart and how well it is working.
Diagnostic tests help the health-care team determine if you have cancer and what type of cancer you may have. Learn more about the different types of tests, consent and waiting for the test results.
Electromyography (EMG) tests how well muscles and nerves work together. Learn about what to expect during an EMG test and how to prepare your child.
Learn how a cell morphology test is performed and how it can confirm a leukemia diagnosis.
A bone scan and a bone density test are two types of tests your child may need to diagnose JIA. Learn what you and your child can expect during each of these tests.
