The usability of a modified åstrand bicycle test to assess the aerobic capacity in patients with musculoskeletal pain and healthy controls

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 1988-1995

  Smeets, Rob Johannes ^a,b   Soest, Mirelle Van ^c  

^a Adelante Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Exercise; Musculoskeletal; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70449131076     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280902874162     Document Type: Article

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