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Validity of the six-minute step test of free cadence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the concurrent validity of the six-minute step test (6MST) in assessing exercise capacity of COPD patients using the six-minute walk test (6MWT) as a gold-standard. The predictive validity of the 6MST was assessed to determine a cut-off point for identification of low exercis...

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Autores principales: Pessoa, Bruna V., Arcuri, Juliano F., Labadessa, Ivana G., Costa, Joyce N. F., Sentanin, Anna C., Di Lorenzo, Valéria A. Pires
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25003275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0041