Twelve-minute walking test for assessing disability in chronic bronchitis.

British medical journal ·Vol. 1 ·No. 6013 ·1976-04-03 ·Pages 822-3

McGavin CR, Gupta SP, McHardy GJ

Abstract

The distance covered in 12 minutes' walking was used to test exercise tolerance in chronic bronchitis. The distance covered bore a poor relation to the forced expiratory volume in 1 second but a significant relation to the forced vital capacity and the maximum oxygen consumption and ventilation on a bicycle ergometer. The test may be a simple practical guide to everyday disability in chronic bronchitis.

MeSH Terms

Adult Aged Bronchitis/physiopathology Disability Evaluation Forced Expiratory Volume Humans Male Middle Aged Physical Exertion Time Factors Vital Capacity

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

McGavin C R

Gupta S P

McHardy G J

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Article Info

Journal

British medical journal

Abbr.

Br Med J

ISSN

0007-1447

DOI

10.1136/bmj.1.6013.822

Published

1976-04-03

Pages

822-3

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0372673

PMCID

PMC1639415

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6013.822 PMC Full Text

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