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Peak exercise capacity estimated from incremental shuttle walking test in patients with COPD: a methodological study

BACKGROUND: In patients with COPD, both laboratory exercise tests and field walking tests are used to assess physical performance. In laboratory tests, peak exercise capacity in watts (W peak) and/or peak oxygen uptake (VO(2 )peak) are assessed, whereas the performance on walking tests usually is ex...

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Autores principales: Arnardóttir, Ragnheiður Harpa, Emtner, Margareta, Hedenström, Hans, Larsson, Kjell, Boman, Gunnar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1626466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17044921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-7-127