Prescribing cycle training intensity from the six-minute walk test for patients with COPD

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cycle training intensity for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is normally based on an incremental cycle test. Such tests are expensive and not readily available to clinicians. The six-minute walk test (6MWT)...

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Main Authors: Luxton Nia, Mackey Martin G, Knoke Danielle, Zainuldin Muhammad R, Alison Jennifer A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/7/9