Six-minute walk distance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Which reference equations should we use?

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-119

  Andrianopoulos, Vasileios ^a   Holland, Anne E ^b   Singh, Sally J ^c   Franssen, Frits M E ^a   Pennings, Herman Jan ^d   Michels, Arent J ^e   Smeenk, Frank W J M ^f   Vogiatzis, Ioannis ^g   Wouters, Emiel F M ^a,h   Spruit, Martijn A ^a  

^a CIRO+   (Netherlands)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^d LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

6 min walk test; 6MWD predicted values; 6MWD reference equations; COPD; exercise capacity

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

6 MINUTE WALK DISTANCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY FOR CARBON MONOXIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TROOSTERS AND COLLEAGUES; UNDERWEIGHT; VERY ELDERLY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 84930341854     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972315575201     Document Type: Article

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