RT Journal Article
T1 Effect of an unsupervised walking program on tolerance to exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A1 Martin-Deleon, Roberto
A1 Jurado-Garcia, Antonio
A1 Arenas-De Larriva, Maria Del Sol
A1 Feu-Collado, Nuria
A1 Santos-Luna, Francisco
A1 Jurado-Gamez, Bernabe
K1 Exercise tolerance
K1 Tobacco smoke pollution
K1 Quality of life
AB Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable disease characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is usually caused by the exposure to harmful particles, mainly tobacco smoke (1). In the course of the disease, lung function deteriorates, exercise tolerance decreases and quality of life worsens. All these factors contribute to an increased risk of death. Exercise intolerance measured with a 6-minute walk test  (6MWT) is a powerful indicator of health deterioration and a predictor of prognosis (2). An increase of 30 meters in this test is considered the minimal clinically relevant distance to consider effective any intervention (3). This testassesses disability as well as the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation (4).
PB AME Publishing Company
SN 2072-1439
YR 2020
FD 2020-10-28
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16981
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16981
LA en
NO Martin-Deleon R, Jurado-Garcia A, Arenas-De Larriva MDS, Feu-Collado N, Santos-Luna F, Jurado-Gamez B. Effect of an unsupervised walking program on tolerance to exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Dec;12(12):7494-7497
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RD Apr 12, 2025