Exercise training in COPD with exercise-induced desaturation does improve exercise capacity, irrespective of whether supplemental oxygen or air is provided during training
Author(s)
Alison, JA
McKeough, ZJ
Leung, RWM
Holland, AE
Hill, K
Morris, NR
Jenkins, S
Spencer, LM
Hill, CJ
Lee, AL
Seale, H
Cecins, N
McDonald, CF
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2019
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From the authors:
We thank D. Langer and R. Gosselink for their correspondence about our study [1]. They raise some interesting points, mainly related to training intensity.
We contend that the room air group did achieve a clinically relevant improvement in the incremental shuttle walk test, since the minimal important difference of 36.1 m [2] fell within the 95% confidence interval for mean improvement for both air and oxygen groups, being 13 to 42 m and 20 to 47 m, respectively.From the authors:
We thank D. Langer and R. Gosselink for their correspondence about our study [1]. They raise some interesting points, mainly related to training intensity.
We contend that the room air group did achieve a clinically relevant improvement in the incremental shuttle walk test, since the minimal important difference of 36.1 m [2] fell within the 95% confidence interval for mean improvement for both air and oxygen groups, being 13 to 42 m and 20 to 47 m, respectively.
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Journal Title
The European respiratory journal
Volume
54
Issue
5
Subject
Biomedical and clinical sciences
Clinical sciences