Shaymaa Magdy Abdelhamed Tayel <br/><br/>
Two versus six minute walk test to assess exercise capacity in chronic obestructive pulmonary disease /  
 اختبار المشي لمدة دقيقتين مقابل دقائق لتقييم كفاءة التمرينات لمرضى السدة الرئوية المزمنة 
Shaymaa Magdy Abdelhamed Tayel ; Supervised Azza Abdelaziz Abdelhady , Mahmoud Mohamed Elbatanony 
 - Cairo :   Shaymaa Magdy Abdelhamed Tayel ,   2012 
 - 102 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorders 
<br/><br/> Exercise tolerance in chronic obestructive pulmonary diseases patients has determinants that's need safe and accurate test. Was to compare between 2 min. and 6 min. walk test to assess exercise capacity in chronic obestructive pulmonary diseases. Setting and participants: Thirty men patients their age range between 50 and 60 years with moderate to sever chronic obestructive pulmonary diseases (their forced expiratory volume in first second 50%  FEV₁ > 80% predicted in moderate chronic obestructive pulmonary diseases and 30%  FEV₁ > 50% predicted in severe COPD and forced expiratory volume in first second per forced vital capacity FEV₁/ FVC < 70% 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>2 minute walk test 6 minute walk test Chronic obestructive pulmonary disease