The 6-minute walk distance cannot be accurately assessed at home in people with COPD

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1102-1106

  Holland, Anne E ^a,b,c   Rasekaba, Tshepo ^a   Fiore, Julio F ^b,c   Burge, Angela T ^a   Lee, Annemarie L ^a,b,c  

^a Alfred Health ^*  (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Institute for Breathing and Sleep   (Australia)

Author keywords

6MWT; COPD; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 84928154865     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.956815     Document Type: Article

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