Six-minute walk distance is a surrogate parameter of physical activity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

A. Morino, H. Takahashi, S. Ishiai (Sapporo, Nagoya, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –The best posters in exercise testing and physical inactivity
Session: The best posters in exercise testing and physical inactivity
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1840
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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A. Morino, H. Takahashi, S. Ishiai (Sapporo, Nagoya, Japan). Six-minute walk distance is a surrogate parameter of physical activity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 1840

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