Six-minute walk test: A potential outcome measure for hydrotherapy

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-211

  Gowans, S E ^b   DeHueck, A ^a   Voss, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0032710156     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199906)12:3<208::aid-art8>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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