How should we measure function in patients with chronic heart and lung disease?

The Measurement of Dyspnea

1984 • 1,291 citations

Clinical exercise testing

1976 • 1,274 citations

Comparative reproducibility and validity of systems for assessing cardiovascular functional class: advantages of a new specific activity scale.

1981 • 973 citations

Lack of correlation between exercise capacity and indexes of resting left ventricular performance in heart failure

1981 • 899 citations

Effect of encouragement on walking test performance.

1984 • 818 citations

Twelve-minute walking test for assessing disability in chronic bronchitis.

1976 • 754 citations

Dyspnoea, disability, and distance walked: comparison of estimates of exercise performance in respiratory disease.

1978 • 446 citations

Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels: Nomenclature and Criteria for Diagnosis.

1964 • 366 citations

Clinical Exercise Testing

1982 • 312 citations

Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels: Nomenclature and Criteria for Diagnosis

1964 • 294 citations

Functional capacity of patients with chronic left ventricular failure

1979 • 273 citations

OXYGEN RELIEVES BREATHLESSNESS IN "PINK PUFFERS"

1981 • 236 citations

Exercise capacity in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction.

1980 • 216 citations

Physical rehabilitation for the chronic bronchitic: results of a controlled trial of exercises in the home.

1977 • 213 citations

Diseases of the heart and blood vessels

1913 • 204 citations

Relationship of exercise capacity to resting left ventricular performance and basal plasma norepinephrine levels in patients with congestive heart failure

1982 • 190 citations

Sustained-release theophylline reduces dyspnea in nonreversible obstructive airway disease.

1985 • 137 citations

Controlled trial of supervised exercise training in chronic bronchitis.

1980 • 135 citations

Assessment of respiratory function in patients with chronic obstructive airways disease.

1979 • 125 citations

Treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with orally administered theophylline. A double-blind, controlled study.

1980 • 96 citations

Effects of Theophylline on Breathlessness and Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Chronic Airflow Obstruction

1982 • 90 citations

Metabolic assessment of exercise in chronic heart failure patients treated with short-term vasodilators.

1980 • 80 citations

Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Orally Administered Theophylline

1980 • 68 citations

Effect of oral salbutamol and slow-release aminophylline on exercise tolerance in chronic bronchitis.

1981 • 57 citations

Acute and long-term effects of vasodilator therapy on resting and exercise hemodynamics and exercise tolerance.

1981 • 55 citations

Acute and long-term effects of vasodilator therapy on resting and exercise hemodynamics and exercise tolerance.

1981 • 33 citations

The Television Debate

1965 • 22 citations

Sustained-release theophylline in chronic bronchitis

1982 • 17 citations