Six-minute walking test done in a hallway or on a treadmill: How close do the two methods agree?

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 713-717

  Lenssen, Antoine F ^a   Wijnen, Lambert C a m ^a   Vankan, Dion G ^a   Eck, Bart H Van ^a   Berghmans, Danielle P ^a   Roox, George M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

6 minute walking test; cardiac rehabilitation; treadmill and hallway

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART REHABILITATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIX MINUTE WALKING TEST; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79851507746     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833a1963     Document Type: Article

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