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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2021-08-01
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Series: | ERJ Open Research |
Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/3/00921-2020.full |