Reference equations for the six-minute walk in healthy adults

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 5 PART I, 1998, Pages 1384-1387

  Enrichi, Paul L ^a,b   Sherrill, Duane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; VARIANCE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULSE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0031761535     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.5.9710086     Document Type: Article

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