Reliability of clinical muscular endurance tests in patients with chronic heart failure

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-126

  Cider, Åsa ^a   Carlsson, Stefan ^a   Arvidsson, Christer ^a   Andersson, Bert ^a   Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Isometric contraction; Isotonic contraction; Muscle; Physical endurance; Reproducibility of results; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PRONATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646170105     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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