Modifying track layout from straight to circular has a modest effect on the 6-min walk distance

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1155-1160

  Bansal, Vishal ^c   Hill, Kylie ^c   Dolmage, Thomas E ^c   Brooks, Dina ^b   Woon, Lynda J ^c   Goldstein, Roger S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

COPD; Exercise test; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING;

EID: 43649094776     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2823     Document Type: Article

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