Campo LA, Chilingaryan G, Berg K, Paradis, B, Mazer B. Validity and reliability of the
modified shuttle walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Introduction The 6-minute walk test (6mwt) has been widely used as an easy assessment of
physical performance and as an outcome parameter in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) …

Measurement of exercise capacity is an integral element in assessment of patients with
cardiopulmonary disease. The 6‐min walk test (6MWT) provides information regarding …

Purpose/Hypothesis: The lung allocation score (LAS) was introduced in May 2005, changing
the method of allocating lungs from a time based to a priority system based on patient data …

Background: COPD patients often exhibit reduced functional capacity in addition to impaired
lung functions. Observation of the exercise response has therefore become the basis of …

Over the last few years, the use of exercise tests has come to be recognized as a convenient
method of evaluating respiratory function, because the reserves of the various systems in the …

Introduction The assessment of functional exercise capacity is important in the evaluation of
patients with chronic conditions and field walking tests are often used to assess functional …

Purpose: The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is commonly used to assess functional exercise
capacity in people with chronic respiratory disease in both clinical and research settings …

Exercise tests are often used to develop an accurate profile of an individual's functional
exercise capacity. The results of exercise tests form the basis of exercise prescription and …

Introduction: The Six minute walk test (6MWT) is a standardized assessment to evaluate
functional status in patients with cardiopulmonary disease using the 6 minute walk distance …