Validity of the 6-minute walking test in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 304-307

  Lelieveld, Otto T H M ^a   Takken, Tim ^b   Van Der Net, Janjaap ^b   Van Weert, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALKING TEST; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WALKING;

EID: 17244379696     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21086     Document Type: Article

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