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Simple functional performance tests and mortality in COPD

Exercise tests are important to characterise chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and predict their prognosis, but are often not available outside of rehabilitation or research settings. Our aim was to assess the predictive performance of the sit-to-stand and handgrip strength tests. The p...

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Autores principales: Puhan, Milo A., Siebeling, Lara, Zoller, Marco, Muggensturm, Patrick, ter Riet, Gerben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23520321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00131612