Aerobic fitness testing in patients with chronic low back pain: Which test is best?

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Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1704-1710

  Wittink, Harriet ^a   Michel, Theresa Hoskins ^b   Kulich, Ronald ^a   Wagner, Anita ^c   Sukiennik, Andrew ^a   Maciewicz, Raymond ^d   Rogers, William ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^c Health Institute   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Chronic low back pain; Exercise testing

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREADMILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033909548     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007010-00015     Document Type: Article

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