Course length of 30 metres versus 10 metres has a significant influence on six-minute walk distance in patients with COPD: an experimental crossover study.

Beekman, Emmylou; Mesters, Ilse; Hendriks, Erik J M; Klaassen, Mariska P M; Gosselink, Rik; van Schayck, Onno C. P.; de Bie, Rob A

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Course length of 30 metres versus 10 metres has a significant influence on six-minute walk distance in patients with COPD: an experimental crossover study.

Author(s): Emmylou Beekman ¹ , Ilse Mesters , Erik J M Hendriks , Mariska P M Klaassen , Rik Gosselink , Onno C P van Schayck , Rob A de Bie

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2013

Journal: Journal of physiotherapy

Keywords: 6-minute walk test, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Course length, Exercise test, Reference values

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Do patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) achieve a different distance on the six minute walk test (6MWT) conducted on a 10m course versus on a 30m course? When assessing the distance on a 6MWT conducted on a 10m course, is it valid to use existing reference equations that were generated on longer courses?

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Physiother

Title: Journal of physiotherapy

ISSN: 1836-9553

ISSN (Print): 1836-9561

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2013

Volume: 59

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. E.Beekman@maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Publisher Item ID: S1836-9553(13)70181-4

DOI: 10.1016/S1836-9553(13)70181-4

PubMed ID: 23896332

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Keywords: 6-minute walk test,Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,Course length,Exercise test,Reference values

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Keywords: 6-minute walk test, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Course length, Exercise test, Reference values

Course length of 30 metres versus 10 metres has a significant influence on six-minute walk distance in patients with COPD: an experimental crossover study.

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