Comparison of laboratory-and field-based exercise tests for COPD: A systematic review

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 625-643

  Fotheringham, Iain ^a   Meakin, Georgina ^a   Punekar, Yogesh Suresh ^b   Riley, John H ^b   Cockle, Sarah M ^b   Singh, Sally J ^c  

^a Oxford PharmaGenesis TM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12MWT; 6MWT; COPD; Cycle ergometer test; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Shuttle walk test; Walk test

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDURANCE CYCLE ERGOMETER TEST; ENDURANCE SHUTTLE WALK TEST; ENDURANCE TREADMILL TEST; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL CYCLE ERGOMETER TEST; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALK TEST; INCREMENTAL TREADMILL TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG RESECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWELVE MINUTE WALK TEST; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84929414612     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S70518     Document Type: Article

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