The PROactive instruments to measure physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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The PROactive instruments to measure physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
No current patient-centred instrument captures all dimensions of physical activity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our objective was item reduction and initial validation of two instruments to measure physical activity in COPD.Physical activity was assessed in a 6-week, randomised, two-way cross-over, multicentre study using PROactive draft questionnaires (daily and clinical vi...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00183014