3-min step test and treadmill exercise for evaluating exercise-induced asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 569-574

  Tancredi, Giancarlo ^a   Quattrucci, S ^a   Scalercio, F ^a   De Castro, G ^a   Zicari, A M ^a   Bonci, E ^a   Cingolani, S ^a   Indinnimeo, L ^a   Midulla, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 min step test; Area above the curve0 30 min; Exercise induced asthma; Treadmill exercise test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HABIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 1842585830     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00039704     Document Type: Article

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