Utility of the total step count during the 6-minute walk test in COPD

Akito Yamamoto (Shizuoka, Japan), Akito Yamamoto, Taisuke Akamatsu, Yuko Tanaka, Hirofumi Watanabe, Yoshinari Endo, Yukiko Shimoda, Takahito Suzuki, Ichiro Hayashi, Shogo Sakurai, Mika Saigusa, Yuichiro Shishido, Takefumi Akita, Satoru Morita, Kazuhiro Asada, Toshihiro Shirai

Source: International Congress 2016 – Latest insights into functional capacity and muscle weakness in chronic lung diseases
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Akito Yamamoto (Shizuoka, Japan), Akito Yamamoto, Taisuke Akamatsu, Yuko Tanaka, Hirofumi Watanabe, Yoshinari Endo, Yukiko Shimoda, Takahito Suzuki, Ichiro Hayashi, Shogo Sakurai, Mika Saigusa, Yuichiro Shishido, Takefumi Akita, Satoru Morita, Kazuhiro Asada, Toshihiro Shirai. Utility of the total step count during the 6-minute walk test in COPD. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 699

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