Six-min walk test in a healthy adult Arab population

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1041-1046

  Alameri, Hatem ^a   Al Majed, Sulaiman ^a   Al Howaikan, Abdelrahman ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Exercise capacity; Six min walk distance; Six min walk test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349278449     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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