A new standardized treadmill walking test requiring low motor skills in children aged 4-10 years

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Wäffler Kammermann, Nathalie ^a   Lacorcia, Ruth Stauffer ^a   Wettstein, Markus ^a   Radlinger, Lorenz ^a,b   Frey, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Gas exchange; Lung function; Methodology; Preschool

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXHALATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; WALKING;

EID: 39449085614     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20758     Document Type: Article

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