Cost-Effective Therapies

“Therapies that provide you with the quality of life you deserve in the comfort of your own home.”

SGRQ – Saint George’s Respiratory Questionnaire

A disease-specific instrument designed to measure the impact on overall health, daily life, and perceived well-being in patients with obstructive airways disease

FEV1 – Forced Expiratory Volume Test

Your FEV1 value is an important part of evaluating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and monitoring the progression of the condition. FEV is short for forced expiratory volume. FEV1 is the amount of air you can force from your lungs in one second. The Gold standards of COPD are inclusive of FEV1 statuses.

6-minute walk test

The American Thoracic Society describes the six-minute walk test as a measure of functional status or fitness. It is used as a simple measure of aerobic exercise capacity. The results of this test may or may not lead your doctor to do more sophisticated measures of your heart and lung function. During this test, you walk at your normal pace for six minutes. This test can be used to monitor your response to treatments for heart, lung, and other health problems. This test is commonly used for people with pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, pre-lung transplant evaluation, or COPD.

Conditions where Doctors Recommend 6MWT

Stroke
Arthritis
Geriatrics
Multiple Sclerosis
Fibromyalgia
Heart Diseases
Interstitial Lung Disease
Spinal Cord Injuries

Muscle Disorders
Parkinson’s Disease
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Pulmonary Hypertension
Charcot-Marie-Tooth-Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD)

mMRC – Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale

Used to assess the degree of baseline functional disability due to dyspnea.

It is useful in characterizing baseline dyspnea in patients with respiratory diseases such as COPD.