Six-minute walk testing

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-392

  Sciurba, Frank C ^a,b   Slivka, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Exercise testing; Walk test

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; WALKING;

EID: 0031811642     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009415     Document Type: Review

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