Paced-Walk and Step Tests to Assess Exertional Dyspnea in COPD

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 330-339

  Perrault, Hlne ^a   Baril, Jacinthe ^a   Henophy, Sara ^a   Rycroft, Ashley ^a   Bourbeau, Jean ^a   Maltais, Franois ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agreement; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Field test; Reproducibility; Step test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING;

AGED; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIDAL VOLUME; WALKING;

EID: 70350091452     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15412550903156317     Document Type: Article

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