Reference values on the 6-minute walk test for children living in the United States

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  Klepper, Susan E ^a   Muir, Nancy ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age factors; body mass index; child; exercise test; reference values; sex factors; United States

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 79953880808     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3182095e44     Document Type: Article

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