Accompanied versus unaccompanied walking for continuous oxygen saturation measurement during 6-min walk test in COPD: a randomised crossover study

The aim of this study was to determine if there is a difference in 6-min walk test (6MWT) distance when the assessor accompanies the patient to continuously measure peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) compared to the patient walking unaccompanied.  We conducted a randomised crossover study to evalua...

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Main Authors: Thomas F. Riegler, Anja Frei, Sarah R. Haile, Thomas Radtke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-08-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/3/00921-2020.full