Real Internal Load Monitoring

The chest strap that reads your internal load

Oxypeak is the first scientifically validated wearable to monitor cardiac, pulmonary, and metabolic systems simultaneously. Built on a decade of clinical research with elite Serie A athletes.

4
Parameters Monitored
5,000+
CPET on Serie A Players
5+
Peer-Reviewed Papers
15+ yr
Clinical Research
The Device

Meet the Oxypeak chest strap

A wearable device born from medical experience, engineered for elite athletes. Lightweight, unobtrusive, and built to capture cardiac, pulmonary, and metabolic signals in real time, it delivers CPET-level precision outside the lab.

  • What it measuresFor metabolic and anaerobic analysis
  • Validated accuracyValidated with ergospirometry on 26 athletes
  • Field-readyDesigned for any indoor and outdoor activity
Our Services

Two integrated solutions,
one clinical system

From laboratory-grade CPET diagnostics to real-time field monitoring — Oxypeak covers the full spectrum of cardiopulmonary performance analysis.

CPET laboratory testing — Oxypeak lab
01
Laboratory Protocol

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

An incremental, symptom-limited treadmill test with breath-by-breath gas exchange analysis, considered the gold standard for evaluating aerobic capacity, ventilatory efficiency, and respiratory patterns under maximal exercise conditions.

With over 5,000 CPET tests conducted on Serie A players, Oxypeak builds on a unique clinical dataset. A peer-reviewed subset of 741 tests, published in Biology of Sport, provides one of the largest reference bases in elite football for role-specific VO₂peak, MEV, and ventilatory thresholds.

Peak VO₂ & ventilatory thresholds
Ventilatory efficiency slope
Position-specific benchmarks
Post-COVID return-to-play
Respiratory pattern analysis
Maximal exercise velocity

Based on 15+ years of testing on Italian first-division players. The published dataset in Biology of Sport (2025) covers the first 6 years of the program (2009–2015) and remains one of the most comprehensive references available worldwide.

Read the published data
Oxypeak chest strap — sensor and branding detail
02
Field Monitoring + Analytics

Wearable Respiratory Monitoring & Software Platform

A proprietary chest strap that estimates respiratory frequency by detecting chest wall expansion, paired with a cloud-based analytics platform for real-time and longitudinal metabolic analysis.

Validated against medical-grade ergospirometry in 26 elite Serie A players during maximal exercise. Oxypeak brings clinically grounded pulmonary monitoring from the laboratory to the training ground.

HR + respiratory rate + VO₂ + minute ventilation
Real-time cloud dashboards
Validated vs. breath-by-breath analyzer
Longitudinal athlete profiles
Non-invasive, lightweight
Data export & integration

Published in Sports (2024), the validation study demonstrated reliable respiratory frequency estimation during high-intensity exercise — a breakthrough for real-time internal load monitoring.

Read the validation study
Peer-Reviewed Research

Every claim is backed by published science

Over 15 years of clinical research, 5+ peer-reviewed papers, and the largest CPET normative dataset in elite football. All publicly accessible.

Biology of Sport 2025 Sports 2024 Pulmonology 2022 Arch Bronconeumol 2017 Multidiscip Respir Med 2014
Explore our research
Team

Two founders, one mission

Over 15 years of respiratory physiology research meets commercial vision. Oxypeak exists to bring real internal load data to every organization that needs it.

Adriano Di Paco
Founder & Scientific Director
Adriano Di Paco

Researcher in respiratory physiology. 5+ peer-reviewed publications. Created the measurement system at the core of Oxypeak through more than 15 years of CPET testing on elite athletes.

adriano.dipaco@oxypeak.it →
Alessandro Zarbano
Founder
Alessandro Zarbano
alessandro.zarbano@oxypeak.it →
Trusted by

A track record built
with elite Italian football

Since 2013, our team has been trusted by more than 30 Serie A clubs to assess elite athletes through over 5,000 cardiopulmonary tests performed under clinical conditions.

30+
Serie A clubs
5.000+
CPET tests performed
2013
12+ years of clinical practice

A clinical reference adopted across the top tier of Italian football and beyond.

Elite Italian football player undergoing CPET in Oxypeak laboratory

Ready to work with us?

We partner with elite sports organizations, medical professionals, and research institutions. Let us know how we can help.

Request information

Company

2A srl
Corso Concordia 11
20129 Milano
P. IVA 12130980969

Web

www.oxypeak.it
LinkedIn