Exercise testing using a cycle or treadmill: a review of various protocols

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-20

  Wisén, Anita ^a   Wohlfart, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CYCLE; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; REVIEW; TREADMILL

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002479576     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1999.4.1.7     Document Type: Review

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