Effects of Individualized Step Targets on Physical Activity in COPD. A Randomized Study
Providing individualized step targets did not increase the proportion of subjects who achieved their targets, but it increased their step counts after six months. GDF-15 may be involved in the increase in the step count.
Authors
- Kazuto MATSUNAGA
- M. Nakanishi
- Tsunahiko Hirano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5475-0806)
- Koichiro Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0461-5072)
- Yoshiaki Minakata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6993-0917)
- Kazumi Kawabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1931-6262)
- Yusuke Murakami
- Hideya Ono
- Seigo Sasaki
- Kazuhisa Asai
Institutions
- Yamaguchi University (JP)
- Saga University (JP)
- Wakayama Medical University (JP)
- Osaka Metropolitan University (JP)
- Tokyo Metropolitan University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of COPD
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s550846
- Primary Topic
- GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00