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Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Airway Obstruction1, 2

Abstract

Fifty men with chronic diffuse airway obstruction were studied to assess the extent to which symptom questionnaires, step-test responses, and lung function data predicted working capacity as measured in a progressive, unsteady state, exercise test on a cycle ergometer. Working capacity correlated significantly with grade of dyspnea, an observer's assessment of step-test responses, and with forced expiratory volume in one second and pulmonary …

Authors

Jones NL; Jones G; Edwards RHT

Journal

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 103, No. 4, pp. 477–491

Publication Date

April 1971

DOI

10.1164/arrd.1971.103.4.477

ISSN

1073-449X