title: A patient-powered treadmill--a simple alternative means of assessing heart failure and treatment in family practice.
abstract: A patient-powered treadmill was compared with the covered corridor walking test as assessments of exercise capacity in heart failure patients, and used to investigate their sensitivity in discriminating between the effects of xamoterol and placebo. The two methods were comparable, and sufficiently sensitive to demonstrate improvements in exercise capacity on xamoterol. The treadmill was more sensitive and could be useful as an assessment of treatment of heart failure in family practice.
authors.affiliation: Stuart Pharmaceuticals, Wilmslow, Cheshire, U.K.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tweed
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Causer
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Gostick
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Korlipara
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mayhew
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Saul
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000187:drug effects; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017307:Xamoterol
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D011412:Propanolamines; D017307:Xamoterol