Can the Six-Minute Walk Test Predict Peak Oxygen Uptake in Men With Heart Transplant?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Doutreleau, Stéphane ^a   Di Marco, Paola ^a   Talha, Samy ^a   Charloux, Anne ^a   Piquard, François ^a   Geny, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Exercise; Functional residual capacity; Rehabilitation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING;

EID: 58149517205     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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