The two-minute walk test as a measure of functional capacity in cardiac surgery patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1525-1530

  Brooks, Dina ^a,f   Parsons, Janet ^a,b   Tran, Diem ^a   Jeng, Bonnie ^a   Gorczyca, Barbara ^a   Newton, Janet ^c   Lo, Vincent ^d   Dear, Cheryl ^c   Silaj, Ellen ^e   Hawn, Therese ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f 500 University Ave M5G 1V7 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 4544360936     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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