Six Minute Walk Test to assess functional capacity in chronic liver disease patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 3996-4001

  Alameri, Hatem F ^a   Sanai, Faisal M ^b   Al Dukhayil, Manal ^a   Azzam, Nahla A ^a   Al Swat, Khalid A ^a   Hersi, Ahmad S ^a   Abdo, Ayman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Functional capacity; Six Minute Walk Test

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 34547986437     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i29.3996     Document Type: Article

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