Timed walking tests of exercise capacity in chronic cardiopulmonary illness

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-33

  Steele, Bonnie ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0030063332     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-199601000-00003     Document Type: Review

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