Validity of the 6-minute walk test for assessing heart rate recovery after an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programme

Physiotherapy

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Roberts, Elved ^a,c   Li, Frederick K W ^b   Sykes, Kevin ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Heart rate recovery; Ischaemic heart disease; Six minute walk; Treadmill testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

EID: 33748036425     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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