Percent Predicted Value for the 6-Minute Walk Test: Using Norm-Referenced Equations to Characterize Severity in Persons With CHF

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-81

  Balashov, Konstantin ^a   Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a,b   Savard, Sylvie ^c   Houde, Stéfanie ^h   Frenette, Marc ^d   Ducharme, Anique ^e   Giannetti, Nadia ^f   Michel, Caroline ^g   Pilote, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institut Raymond Dewar Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

functional capacity; norms; The 6 minute walk test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUALITY OF LIFE SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BENCHMARKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 38349192855     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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