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The endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) is a simple, acceptable, field-based test first established in 1999 to measure endurance exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this systematic review was to examine the reliability and responsiveness of ESWT in COPD. Of the 791 …
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We acknowledge the inclination of the authors for the investigation conducted by us. We appreciate their scrutiny of our investigation and would like to address the issues raised by them with a holistic approach. The point raised by the authors regarding the exclusion of the control group from educational intervention, …
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Objectives: We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of six weeks pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS). Methods: We enrolled 28 patients with ACOS. Fourteen patients were randomly allocated to the PR group, which comprised of supervise …