Increase in walk distance is not enough evidence to add a walk to the 6-minute walk test

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1239-1240

  Kulkarni, H S ^a   Chandra, D ^b   Sciurba, F C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ACCURACY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SECOND WALK DISTANCE; WALK DISTANCE; WALKING;

EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; WALKING;

EID: 80355148555     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00113211     Document Type: Letter

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