Comparison of Continuous and Discrete Measurements of Dyspnea during Exercise in Patients with COPD and Normal Subjects

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Fierro Carrion, Gustavo ^a   Mahler, Donald A ^a   Ward, Joseph ^a   Baird, John C ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Psychological Applications   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer administration; Continuous method for rating breathlessness; Exercise testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CALCULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1642452907     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.1.77     Document Type: Article

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