Shuttle walking test: A new approach for evaluating patients with pacemakers

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 414-418

  Payne, Gillian E ^a   Skehan, J Douglas ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pacemaker programming; Shuttle walking test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0029938119     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.4.414     Document Type: Article

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