Evaluation of the six-minute walk test in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-313

  Boddy, Kirstin N ^a,b   Roche, Brian M ^a   Schwartz, Denise S ^a   Nakayama, Tomohiro ^a   Hamlin, Robert L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DOG; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; REST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; MALE; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 1542725030     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.311     Document Type: Article

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