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Table 2 Reason for participants’ being unable to complete exercise tests

From: Assessing the exertion required to induce breathlessness in a population with advanced cancer: matching measures to the level of physical function

Outcome measure

Reasons for not completing measure (more than 1 permitted)

n

6 min walk test

Reduced mobility

15

Fatigue

9

Breathlessness

7

Participant declined

3

Pain

2

Lower limb oedema

1

2 min walk test

Reduced mobility

14

Breathlessness

4

Participant declined

3

Fatigue

1

Pain

1

Lower limb oedema

1

Isometric arm

Pain

34

General fatigue

22

Arm fatigue

18

Breathlessness

7

Participant declined

2

Reading numbers

Fatigue

5

Breathlessness

2

  1. NB: Participants were able to give multiple reasons for being unable to exercise tests