Assessment of daily life physical activities in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

BACKGROUND: In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), the six-minute walk test (6MWT) is believed to be representative of patient's daily life physical activities (DL(PA)). Whether DL(PA) are decreased in PAH and whether the 6MWT is representative of patient's DL(PA) remain unknown. METHOD...

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Main Authors: Vincent Mainguy, Steeve Provencher, François Maltais, Simon Malenfant, Didier Saey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3218075?pdf=render