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Predicting Daily Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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  • Arnoldus J R van Gestel
  • Christian F Clarenbach
  • Anne C Stöwhas
  • Valentina A Rossi
  • Noriane A Sievi
  • Giovanni Camen
  • Erich W Russi
  • Malcolm Kohler

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Background: Objectively measuring daily physical activity (PA) using an accelerometer is a relatively expensive and time-consuming undertaking. In routine clinical practice it would be useful to estimate PA in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with more simple methods. Objectives: To evaluate whether PA can be estimated by simple tests commonly used in clinical practice in patients with COPD. Methods: The average number of steps per day was measured for 7 days with a SenseWear Pro™ accelerometer and used as gold standard for PA. A physical activity level (PAL) of

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  • Arnoldus J R van Gestel & Christian F Clarenbach & Anne C Stöwhas & Valentina A Rossi & Noriane A Sievi & Giovanni Camen & Erich W Russi & Malcolm Kohler, 2012. "Predicting Daily Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(11), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0048081
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048081
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