Associations of the stair climb power test with muscle strength and functional performance in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross-sectional study

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1774-1782

  Roig, Marc ^a   Eng, Janice J ^b   MacIntyre, Donna L ^b   Road, Jeremy D ^b   Reid, Darlene W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TORQUE; WALKING;

EID: 79952115276     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100091     Document Type: Article

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