The six-minute walk test in outpatients with obesity: Reproducibility and known group validity

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-93

  Larsson, Ulla Evers ^a   Reynisdottir, Signy ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical application; Distance walked; Reproducibility; Validity; Work of walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WALKING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 53449100908     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.398     Document Type: Article

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