What the 4-metre gait speed measures and why it cannot replace functional capacity tests

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¹ NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London s.kon@rbht.nhs.uk.
² NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London.
³ NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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Samantha S C Kon et al. Eur Respir J. 2014 Jun.

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. 2014 Jun;43(6):1820-2.

doi: 10.1183/09031936.00222013.

¹ NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London s.kon@rbht.nhs.uk.
² NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London.
³ NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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The 4-metre gait speed in COPD: responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference.
Kon SS, Canavan JL, Nolan CM, Clark AL, Jones SE, Cullinan P, Polkey MI, Man WD. Kon SS, et al. Eur Respir J. 2014 May;43(5):1298-305. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00088113. Epub 2013 Oct 31. Eur Respir J. 2014. PMID: 24177002
What the 4-metre gait speed measures and why it cannot replace functional capacity tests.
Cesari M, Scarlata S. Cesari M, et al. Eur Respir J. 2014 Jun;43(6):1819-20. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00207913. Eur Respir J. 2014. PMID: 24881064 No abstract available.