Legal Challenges to Expert Testimony of the Exercise Physiologist

摘要

The expert testimony of an exercise physiologist may be valuable support in legal cases involving physical work capacity. Case law review indicate three common challenges for an exercise physiologist; qualification of the expert, methodology used to reach conclusions, and inconsistencies between an agency’s prior findings and the testimony of the expert. This paper provides examples of these legal challenges to clarify the role for expert testimony from an exercise physiologist.