Comparative analysis of the six-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents;Análise comparativa do teste de caminhada de seis minutos em crianças e adolescentes saudáveis

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Aquino, Evanirso S ^a,b   Mourão, Flávio A G ^a   Souza, Roberta K V ^a   Glicério, Bráulio M ^a   Coelho, Cristiane C ^b  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BELO HORIZONTE   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Pediatrics; Reproducibility of results; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949310649     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552010000100012     Document Type: Article

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