Reproducibility of maximal and submaximal exercise testing in "Normal ambulatory" and "Community ambulatory" children and adolescents with spina bifida: Which is best for the evaluation and application of exercise training?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-276

  De Groot, Janke Frederike ^a,b   Takken, Tim ^b   Gooskens, Rob H J M ^c   Schoenmakers, Marja A G C ^b   Wubbels, Manon ^a   Vanhees, Luc ^a,d   Helders, Paul J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 79952822033     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100069     Document Type: Article

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