Using a treadmill for the 6-minute walk test: Reliability and validity

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Laskin, James J ^a   Bundy, Sadie ^a   Marron, Hanna ^a   Moore, Holly ^a   Swanson, Melissa ^a   Blair, Molly ^a   Humphrey, Reed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Minute walk test; Reliability; Submaximal exercise test; Treadmill; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 38149109185     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCR.0000300270.45881.d0     Document Type: Article

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