Reliability of submaximal exercise tests in patients with COPD

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1257-1264

  Covey, Margaret K ^a   Larson, Janet L ^a   Wirtz, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Cycle Ergometry; Leg Fatigue; Lung Disease: Obstructive; Oxygen Uptake; Reproducibility; Ventilatory requirement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0032868448     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199909000-00005     Document Type: Article

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