Effort-limited treadmill walk test: Reliability and validity in subjects with postpolio syndrome

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 613-623

  Finch, Lois E ^a,c   Venturini, Adriana ^a   Mayo, Nancy E ^b   Trojan, Daria A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional Ability; Postpolio Syndrome; Reliability; Treadmill Walk Test; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; TREADMILL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3242816133     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000133501.62602.3F     Document Type: Article

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