Functional Fitness Assessment of Older Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-37

  Pepin, Veronique ^a,b   Phillips, Wayne T ^a   Swan, Pamela D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRENGTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842327895     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-200401000-00007     Document Type: Article

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