Six-minute walking test and the assessment of cardiorespiratory responses during weight-loss programmes in obese children

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-42

  Elloumi, Mohamed ^a,b,d   Makni, Emna ^b   Ounis, Omar Ben ^b   Moalla, Wassim ^c   Zbidi, Abdelrkarim ^b   Zaoueli, Monia ^b   Lac, Gérard ^a   Tabka, Zouhair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS CNMSS   (Tunisia)

^d CLERMONT AUVERGNE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Six minute walking test; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79951649310     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.470     Document Type: Article

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