Objectives: To identify exercise tests that are suitable for home-based or remote
administration in people with chronic lung disease. Methods: Rapid review of studies that …

Exercise limitation is a cardinal feature of the interstitial lung diseases and is frequently
associated with marked dyspnoea on exertion. People with interstitial lung disease exhibit a …

Background Little is understood about the characteristics of dyspnea in patients with
interstitial lung disease (ILD), and its severity is likely influenced by multiple factors …

Objective: To determine the 6-minute step test's (6MST) reliability and validity and to
establish reference performance values of this test. Design: Prospective observational cross …

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 …

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 …

Step tests are typically used to assess exercise capacity. Given the diversity of step tests, the
aim of this review was to describe the protocols that have been used in healthy subjects and …

There is a need of consensus about the pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with
COVID-19 after discharge from acute care. To facilitate the knowledge of the evidence and …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate a new field test, the six-minute stepper test (6-
MST), by studying its reproducibility, sensitivity and validity. Methods: After a familiarization …

BACKGROUND: In hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), survival can be predicted on the basis
of the severity of fibrosis in surgical lung biopsy, but few data are available on the influence …