Review Article
Responsiveness of Various Exercise-Testing Protocols to Therapeutic Interventions in COPD
Table 1
Characteristics of exercise testing protocols in COPD.
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With ISWT: Incremental Shuttle Walking Test, CET; Cycle Endurance Test, ESWT: Endurance shuttle Walking Test, 6MWT: 6-minute walking test, 6MST: 6-mminute stepper test; +, ++ and +++: positive result, ±: controversial result, ?: no data in the literature; W: watts, m: meters and s: seconds. |