BACKGROUND: The 6-minute walk test (6-MWT) assesses exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A recent study revealed that selected patients with an advanced emphysema and a baseline walking distance of
Farber, L.
Pappe, E.
Sgarbossa, T.
Neumann, K.
Witzenrath, M.
Hubner, R. H.
Saccomanno, J.
Keywords
- Humans
- *Exercise Tolerance
- *Walk Test
- *Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology/surgery/diagnosis
- Retrospective Studies
- Aged
- Female
- Male
- *Lung/physiopathology/surgery
- Treatment Outcome
- *Pulmonary Emphysema/physiopathology/surgery/diagnosis
- Quality of Life
- *Pneumonectomy/methods/instrumentation/adverse effects
- Severity of Illness Index
- Recovery of Function
- Time Factors
- Middle Aged
- Heart Rate
- Germany
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Oxygen Saturation
- *Bronchoscopy/instrumentation/adverse effects
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Walking
- 6-minute walk test
- Copd
- endoscopic lung volume reduction with valves
- lung emphysema
