Validation of the treadmill six-minute walk test in people following cardiac surgery

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-576

  Olper, Luigi ^a   Cervi, Paola ^a   de Santi, Francesca ^b   Meloni, Carlo ^a   Gatti, Roberto ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79958012742     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100156     Document Type: Article

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