Lung volume reduction surgery for diffuse emphysema

JEM van Agteren, KV Carson… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) performed to treat patients with severe
diffuse emphysema was reintroduced in the nineties. Lung volume reduction surgery aims to …

The treadmill is a better functional test than the 6-minute walk test in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease

WR Hiatt, RK Rogers, EP Brass - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
70 Circulation July 1, 2014 exercise performance can be used to assess a patient's ability to
conduct a variety of normal ambulatory activities, both in an absolute sense (can or cannot …

Effect of endobronchial coils vs usual care on exercise tolerance in patients with severe emphysema: the RENEW randomized clinical trial

FC Sciurba, GJ Criner, C Strange, PL Shah, G Michaud… - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Preliminary clinical trials have demonstrated that endobronchial coils compress
emphysematous lung tissue and may improve lung function, exercise tolerance, and …

Lung volume reduction coil treatment vs usual care in patients with severe emphysema: the REVOLENS randomized clinical trial

G Deslée, H Mal, H Dutau, A Bourdin, JM Vergnon… - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Therapeutic options for severe emphysema are limited. Lung volume reduction
using nitinol coils is a bronchoscopic intervention inducing regional parenchymal volume …

Reliability and a correlational analysis of the 6MWT, ten-meter walk test, thirty second sit to stand, and the linear analog scale of function in patients with head and …

MM Eden, J Tompkins, JL Verheijde - Physiotherapy theory and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The purpose of this study was to establish the test–retest reliability of and
relationships between various measures of physical function in a cohort of individuals in the …

The relationship between steps of 6MWT and COPD severity: a cross-sectional study

GS Zeng, LC Chen, HZ Fan, LL Wu, XP Wu… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background and objective The distance of 6-minute walk test (D6MWT) has been widely
used in the assessment of functional status in patients with COPD, while very little attention …

The influence of alternative instruction on 6-min walk test distance

NA Weir, AW Brown, OA Shlobin, MA Smith, T Reffett… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background The goal of the 6-min walk test (6MWT) is to enable patients to walk “as far as
possible” as a measure of their functional ability. The impact of the specific walk instructions …

A systematic review of measurements of physical function in critically ill adults

CJ Tip**, PJ Young, L Romero, MK Saxena… - Critical Care and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background: Patients who recover from critical illness may be left with significant limitations
to their physical function that can have important consequences for their quality of life …

The effects of a home-based physical activity intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer survivors; a randomised controlled trial

IM Lahart, AR Carmichael, AM Nevill… - Journal of sports …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this current randomised controlled trial was to evaluate the effects of a home-
based physical activity (PA) intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer …

Leg heat therapy improves perceived physical function but does not enhance walking capacity or vascular function in patients with peripheral artery disease

JC Monroe, C Lin, SM Perkins, Y Han… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
A single session of leg heat therapy (HT) has been shown to elicit increases in leg blood
flow and reduce blood pressure (BP) and the circulating levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in …