Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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Med Sci Sports Exerc · Jul 2003
Clinical TrialStability of dyspnea ratings after exercise training in patients with COPD.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) would report similar ratings of dyspnea at the same relative exercise intensity after participation in pulmonary rehabilitation. ⋯ The study suggests that patients with COPD can use the same ratings of dyspnea to monitor training at the same relative exercise intensity whether they achieve a physiological training response or not.