Long-term reliability of the incremental shuttle walking test in clinically stable cardiovascular disease patients

Physiotherapy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-227

  Pepera, Garyfallia ^a   McAllister, Joanne ^a,b   Sandercock, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b North East Essex PCT Cardiac Rehabilitation Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiovascular disease; Exercise test; Incremental shuttle walking test; Long term test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 77955282476     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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