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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2016 May 5;11(9):1397–1410. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.04.021

Table 2.

Studies of Exercise Testing in Lung Cancer

Exercise
Test		 Preoperative
Evaluation		 Posttreatment Prognosis Efficacy
Assessment
CPET 35   9   9 10
6MWT   6   5   4   8
ESWT   2   0   0   0
ISWT   4   0   0   0
SCT   6   2   2   0
Totala 42 15 13 15
a

Some studies used more than one exercise test.

6MWT, 6-minute walk test; CPET, cardiopulmonary exercise testing; ESWT, endurance shuttle walk test; ISWT, incremental shuttle walk test; SCT, stair-climbing test.