The 6-minute walk test: Normal values for children of 4-11 years of age

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 464-468

  Lammers, A E ^a   A A Hislop, ^b   Flynn, Y ^a   Haworth, S G ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; BODY COMPOSITION; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 45549102473     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.123653     Document Type: Article

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