Is a practice incremental shuttle walk test really necessary?

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-205

  Dyer, Fran ^a   Marriner, Pamela ^a   Cheema, Katherine ^b   Bott, Julia ^a  

^a Respiratory Care Team   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS South East Coast ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory oxygen; Practice walks; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Shuttle walking test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENDURANCE SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; WALKING;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; WALKING;

EID: 80054863228     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972311415128     Document Type: Article

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