Oxygen not always needed for exercise in lung disease patients, study finds
NCT ID NCT06384534
First seen Jan 04, 2026 · Last updated Apr 25, 2026 · Updated 22 times
Summary
This study looked at whether people with pulmonary vascular disease (problems with blood vessels in the lungs) can walk just as far without extra oxygen as with it. 40 adults who had low oxygen levels during exercise walked on two separate days — once with oxygen and once with normal air. Researchers measured how far they could walk in 6 minutes. The goal was to see if skipping oxygen makes a meaningful difference in exercise ability.
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University Hospital Zürich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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