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Cardio-respiratory fitness was evaluated by a maximal walking test for estimation of peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), according to the Balke modified protocol [ 32], using a multistage treadmill test of graded exercise.

All volunteers were submitted to a maximal treadmill walking test, using the modified Balke protocol.

Mador and colleagues [ 28] found that Borg ratings of dyspnea among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were highly variable at submaximal levels of exercise compared with maximal levels of exercise, whereas Mack and associates [ 29] noted a better correlation when patients performed a walking test rather than a maximal exercise test.

A cross-sectional prospective design was used to compare the effectiveness of the shuttle walking test (SWT) and the maximal cycle ergometry test (CET) to assess the functional capacity of patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure due to severe kyphoscoliosis.

Each training sessions lasted 1 hour (10-minute warm-up, 40-minute NW, and 10-minute cool-down) and had 60%70%% intensity of the maximal ability based on a 2,000 m walking test.

During the same visit, participants undertook an incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) [ 24], a commonly used field walking test designed to simulate a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test in individuals with COPD.

40 The 6 min walking test measures walking distance as a rough measure of maximal exercise capacity and was performed according to the American Thoracic Society.

The improvement of physical function was assessed with three performance-based tests at baseline and subsequently every 6 months: The 6 min walking test measures walking distance as a rough measure of maximal exercise capacity and was performed according to the American Thoracic Society.

The patients performed the 10 meter walking test three times at a comfortable speed, and again three times at maximal speed.

The 6 minute walking test [ 41] will be employed as a measure of sub-maximal aerobic capacity.

Shuttle walking test [ 28] will assess exercise capacity and it will compare the absolute change in maximal exercise capacity post-intervention.