Comparison between an indoor and an outdoor 6-minute walk test among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 873-876

  Brooks, Dina ^a   Solway, Sherra ^a,b   Weinacht, Krisztina ^c   Wang, David ^a   Thomas, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Exercise tolerance; Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING; WEATHER;

EID: 0037976986     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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