Effect of 15% body weight support on exercise capacity of adults without impairments

Physical Therapy

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1790-1800

  Mackay Lyons, M ^a   Makrides, L ^a   Speth, S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Exercise; Exercise test; Oxygen consumption; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TIDAL VOLUME; TREADMILL;

EID: 0034753197     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/81.11.1790     Document Type: Article

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