Reproducibility of cadence-free 6-minute step test in subjects with COPD

Respiratory Care

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 538-542

  da Costa, Joyce N F ^a   Arcuri, Juliano F ^a   Gonçalves, Ivana L ^a   Davi, Simone F ^a   Pessoa, Bruna V ^b   Jamami, Mauricio ^a   Di Lorenzo, Valéria A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO SAGRADO CORAÇÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Exercise test; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADENCE FREE 6 MINUTE STEP TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PULSE OXIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84898756856     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02743     Document Type: Article

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