Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 885-894

  Wootton, Sally L ^a,b   Cindy Ng, L W ^c,d   McKeough, Zoe J ^a   Jenkins, Sue ^d,e,f   Hill, Kylie ^d,f   Eastwood, Peter R ^d,e,f   Hillman, David R ^e   Cecins, Nola ^e,f,g   Spencer, Lissa M ^h   Jenkins, Christine ⁱ   Alison, Jennifer A ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Building 52   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g Community Physiotherapy Services ^*  (Australia)

^h ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GROUND BASED WALKING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WALKING;

EID: 84907485662     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00078014     Document Type: Article

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