Predictors of 6-minute walk test and 12-minute walk/run test in obese children and adolescents

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-568

  Calders, Patrick ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^b   Verschelde, Sabine ^a   Bouckaert, Jacques ^b   Chevalier, Frederic ^c   Bassle, Eddy ^c   Tanghe, Ann ^c   De Bode, Patrick ^c   Franckx, Hilde ^c  

^a Campus Heymans 1B3   (Belgium)

^b Department of Movement and Sports Sciences ^*  (Belgium)

^c Revalidation Centre Zeepreventorium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

12 minute walk run test; 6 minute walk test; BMI z score; Obesity; VO 2peak

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; COOPER TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VITAL CAPACITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 41049103442     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0553-5     Document Type: Article

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