Reliability and Validity of the Six-Minute Arm Test for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Fitness in People With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 489-495

  Hol, Adrienne T ^a,b,c   Eng, Janice J ^a,b,c   Miller, William C ^a,b,c   Sproule, Shannon ^a,c   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^a,b,c  

^a GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm ergometry test; Exercise test; Physical fitness; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEADY STATE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33947586345     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.044     Document Type: Article

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