Reproducibility of the 6-minute walk test for ambulatory oxygen prescription

Respiration

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Chatterjee, Arjun B ^a   Rissmiller, Richard W ^b   Meade, Kyle ^c   Paladenech, Connie ^a   Conforti, John ^a   Adair, Norman E ^a   Haponik, Edward F ^a   Chin Jr , Robert ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Presbyterian Pulmonary and Critical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory oxygen; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Oxygen inhalational therapy; Walk test

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY OXYGEN PRESCRIPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY; WALKING;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 71949107881     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000220343     Document Type: Article

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