Six-minute stepper test: a valid clinical exercise tolerance test for COPD patients
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Six-minute stepper test: a valid clinical exercise tolerance test for COPD patients.
INTRODUCTION Exercise tolerance testing is an integral part of the pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The 6-minute stepper test (6MST) is a new, well-tolerated, reproducible exercise test, which can be performed without any spatial constraints. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the results of the 6MST to those o...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1178-2005
DOI: 10.2147/copd.s98635