Is a practice incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) really necessary?

F. Gray, A. Smith, M. Britton, P. Murray, J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Pulmonary rehabilitation and skeletal muscles, COPD and non-COPD
Session: Pulmonary rehabilitation and skeletal muscles, COPD and non-COPD
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3684
Disease area: Airway diseases

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