Additionally, cardiopulmonary function tests were also performed at baseline and 3-month follow-up assessments.
Collected data include World Health Organization functional class, 6-minute walk distance, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, pulmonary function test results, hemodynamic measurements, functional status, hospitalizations, and death.
Assessment included cardiopulmonary exercise test, pulmonary function test, spinal mobility measurement, chest expansion, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), and other functional ability and laboratory tests.
Balance and proprioception tests, Cardiopulmonary function, three-dimensional gait analysis will be assessed by experienced operators at the Evaluation Department of Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to FJTCM.
On the first visit, volunteers completed a medical screening questionnaire, pulmonary function test, and cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) to assess physical fitness.
At the baseline study visit, all participants will complete the following assessments in order of presentation: (1) fasting blood draw, (2) pulmonary function test (3) cardiopulmonary exercise test, and (4) echocardiogram at rest and exercise.
Additional cardiopulmonary and respiratory function tests were also performed (Table 2).
Following two cardiopulmonary-related deaths, the study protocol was amended by reducing the total radiation dose administered to patients (see Methods section) and including additional cardiopulmonary and respiratory function tests (Table 2), which led to a more careful selection of patients being carried out.
This study intended to search for potential correlations between anaemia in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; GOLD stage III) and pulmonary function at rest, exercise capacity as well as ventilatory efficiency, using pulmonary function test (PFT) and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).
