The use of the practice walk test in pulmonary rehabilitation program: National COPD Audit Pulmonary Rehabilitation Workstream

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages 2681-2686

  Hakamy, Ali ^a,b   McKeever, Tricia M ^b   Steiner, Michael C ^c   Roberts, C Michael ^d   Singh, Sally J ^c   Bolton, Charlotte E ^a  

^a NIHR NOTTINGHAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Functional exercise test; Functional performance test; Pulmonary rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL AUDIT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALK TEST; WALKING; WORKFLOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WALK TEST; WALKING; WORKFLOW;

EID: 85029443769     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: 11782005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S141620     Document Type: Article

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