Background Conventional measures to evaluate COPD may fail to capture systemic problems,
particularly musculoskeletal weakness and cardiovascular disease. Identifying these …

Objective: To determine the 6-minute step test's (6MST) reliability and validity and to
establish reference performance values of this test. Design: Prospective observational cross-…

BACKGROUND: Patients with COPD may experience respiratory muscle weakness. Two
therapeutic approaches to the respiratory muscles are inspiratory muscle training and …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of positive end expiratory pressure and physiotherapy
intervention during Phase I of cardiac rehabilitation on the behavior of pulmonary function and …

BACKGROUND: Six-minute step test (6MST) has been used to assess functional capacity in
chronic conditions; however, its reproducibility in the COPD population has not been …

Background The Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) scale was created to assess the
functional status of patients after hospital discharge due to COVID-19. Objective To perform …

Background and Purpose. Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
present reduced peripheral muscle strength, which leads to impaired mobility and increased …

BACKGROUND: The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011
update recommends that the management and treatment of COPD be made to combine the …

Objectives: to evaluate the concurrent validity of the six-minute step test (6MST) in assessing
exercise capacity of COPD patients using the six-minute walk test (6MWT) as a gold-…

The MICs and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) for the biocides benzalkonium
chloride and chlorhexidine were determined against 1,602 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus …