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SUBMITTER: Mesquita R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734421 | biostudies-other | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mesquita Rafael R Wilke Sarah S Smid Dionne E DE Janssen Daisy Ja DJ Franssen Frits Me FM Probst Vanessa S VS Wouters Emiel Fm EF Muris Jean Wm JW Pitta Fabio F Spruit Martijn A MA
Chronic respiratory disease 20160708 4
We aimed to investigate the construct validity of the Timed Up & Go (TUG) test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to identify characteristics related to an abnormal TUG time and to examine the responsiveness of the TUG to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). TUG time was assessed before and after comprehensive PR in 500 COPD patients, and compared cross-sectionally in 100 non-COPD subjects. Physical health outcomes, mental health outcomes, symptom-related outcomes and multidimensional in ...[more]