The six-minute walk test in community dwelling elderly: Influence of health status

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  Bautmans, Ivan ^a   Lambert, Margareta ^b   Mets, Tony ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; WALKING;

EID: 4544300893     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-4-6     Document Type: Article

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