Changes in the endurance shuttle walk test in COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure after pulmonary rehabilitation: the minimal important difference obtained with anchor- and distribution-based method

BACKGROUND: Although the endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) has proven to be responsive to change in exercise capacity after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for COPD, the minimally important difference (MID) has not yet been established. We aimed to establish the MID of the ESWT in patients with sever...

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Autores principales: Altenburg, Wytske A, Duiverman, Marieke L, ten Hacken, Nick HT, Kerstjens, Huib AM, de Greef, Mathieu HG, Wijkstra, Peter J, Wempe, Johan B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0182-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0182-x

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