Open AccessIs it Possible to Use the Timed Performance Tests in Lung Transplantation Candidates to Determine the Exercise Capacity?
Author(s) -
Esra Pehlivan,
Arif Balcı,
Lütfiye Kılıç,
Esra Yazar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish thoracic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2149-2530
DOI - 10.5152/turkthoracj.2019.19046
Subject(s) - physical therapy , medicine , psychology , test (biology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , paleontology , biology
Lung transplantation (LTx) candidates have severe exercise intolerance. This makes it difficult for them to complete the field tests used to determine the exercise capacity of patients. Therefore, there is a need for alternative tests that require less effort. We aimed to investigate the use of short-timed performance tests instead of 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in the determination of exercise capacity in LTx.