However, the application of TUG in clinical practice is very limited, and only one study showed that TUG is feasible to be incorporated in the assessment of functions in patients with COPD.
Thus, TUG may reflect routine daily activities, which require the integration of strength and balance.
We hypothesized that patients with COPD would have greater TUG than a non-COPD control population.
Additionally, that, TUG would be related to 6MWD and other assessments of physical performance in a similar way to that reported in elderly individuals.
The aim of this study was to examine the use of TUG test in COPD as a measure of physical performance and its association with 6MWD and other validated outcome measures in COPD.