The value of questionnaires in assessing physical activity, fitness, and quality of life

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-311

  Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0033020684     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009832425882     Document Type: Review

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