Reliability of a walk/run test to estimate aerobic capacity in a brain-injured population

Brain Injury

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-76

  Vitale, A E ^a,c   Jankowski, L W ^b   Sullivan, S J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; RUNNING; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0031016059     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990597123827     Document Type: Article

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