Laboratory versus field walking tests in moderate COPD: Value in simplicity?

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-198

  Georgiopoulou, Vasiliki ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; exercise capacity; exercise test

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTES WALK TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYCLE ERGOMETRY TEST; EDITORIAL; ENDURANCE SHUTTLE WALK TEST; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FIELD WALKING TEST; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALK TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 84856265797     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02119.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (9)

1. Hill K, Dolmage T, Wood L, et al,. Comparing peak and sub-maximal cardiorespiratory responses during field walking tests with incremental cycle ergometry in COPD. Respirology 2012; 17: 278-84.
2. Kozu R, Jenkins S, Senjyu H, et al,. Peak power estimated from 6-minute walk distance in Asian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respirology 2010; 15: 706-13.
3. Jenkins S, Hill K, Cecins NM,. State of the art: how to set up a pulmonary rehabilitation program. Respirology 2010; 15: 1157-73.
4. Jenkins S, Cecins NM,. Six-minute walk test in pulmonary rehabilitation: do all patients need a practice test? Respirology 2010; 15: 1192-6.
5. Solway S, Brooks D, Lacasse Y, et al,. A qualitative systematic overview of the measurement properties of functional walk tests used in the cardiorespiratory domain. Chest 2001; 119: 256-70. (Pubitemid 32150576)
6. Hernandes NA, Wouters EF, Meijer K, et al,. Reproducibility of 6-minute walking test in patients with COPD. Eur. Respir. J. 2011; 38: 261-7.
7. Dyer F, Marriner P, Cheema K, et al,. Is a practice incremental shuttle walk test really necessary? Chron. Respir. Dis. 2011; 8: 201-5.
8. McKeough ZJ, Leung RW, Alison JA,. Shuttle walk tests as outcome measures: Are two incremental shuttle walk tests and two endurance shuttle walk tests necessary? Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 2011; 90: 35-9.
9. Arnardõttir RH, Emtner M, Hedenström H, et al,. Peak exercise capacity estimated from incremental shuttle walking test in patients with COPD: a methodological study. Respir. Res. 2006; 7: 127.