LAS VEGAS – Patient reported functional capacity does not accurately reflect exercise determined capacity, data presented during a poster presentation at the American Academy of Physician ...

Similarly, annualized rates of cancer deaths were twofold lower in the women with good functional capacity (0.4% vs 0.9%; P < 0.001). The equivalent of 10 METs is roughly the ability to walk up four ...

Approximately 100 Metabolic Equivalents of Task per day (METs-min/day) (~40 min/day of light effort or ~25 min/day of moderate effort activities) was the minimal dose to improve the functional ...

In primary care, formal functional capacity testing is not always feasible. Guidelines for family practitioners suggest the use of dyspnoea scales to assess exercise tolerance in patients with ...