Reference equation for 6-min walk distance in healthy North African children 6-16 years old

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-324

  Saad, Helmi Ben ^a,b,c   Prefaut, Christian ^b,c   Missaoui, Rayfa ^a   Mohamed, Imen Hadj ^a   Tabka, Zouhair ^a   Hayot, Maurice ^b,c  

^a Service de Physiologie et des Explorations Fonctionnelles   (Tunisia)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Interpretation; P1ediatric; Reference values; Walk test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIROMETRY; TUNISIA; WALKING;

EID: 66149153732     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20942     Document Type: Article

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