| Is a practice incremental shuttle walk test really necessary? | |
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PMID: 21799084 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The incremental and endurance shuttle walking tests (ISWT and ESWT) are measures of exercise tolerance commonly used in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). A practice ISWT is advocated but often omitted by PR centres. We aimed to investigate the effect of such an omission within a clinical PR service. Between October 2002 and October 2008, 392 patients attending PR completed a practice ISWT and an ISWT. Results showed that patients walked significantly further on ISWT compared to practice ISWT (p ≤ 0.001). A significant difference in ESWT level was found between those calculated from practice ISWT and those calculated from ISWT (p ≤ .001). Despite a visual trend towards a negative relationship between distance walked at baseline (practice ISWT) and magnitude of the difference between the two walks, this did not meet statistical significance (p = 0.409). Absence of a practice ISWT could lead to possible clinical misjudgements. |
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Fran Dyer; Pamela Marriner; Katherine Cheema; Julia Bott |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Chronic respiratory disease Volume: 8 ISSN: 1479-9731 ISO Abbreviation: Chron Respir Dis Publication Date: 2011 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-07-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101197408 Medline TA: Chron Respir Dis Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 201-5 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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The Respiratory Care Team, Surrey Community Health North West Locality, Chertsey, UK. fran.dyer@nhs.net. |
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