Shuttle walking test and 6-minute walking test induce a similar cardiorespiratory performance in patients recovering from an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-584

  Vagaggini, B ^a,b   Taccola, M ^a   Severino, S ^a   Marcello, M ^a   Antonelli, S ^a   Brogi, S ^a   De Simone, C ^a   Giardina, A ^a   Paggiaro, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exercise tolerance; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Walking test

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALKING TEST; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIORESPIRATORY PERFORMANCE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DYSPNEA; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WALKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION; WALKING;

EID: 0942300685     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075202     Document Type: Article

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