The 220-age equation does not predict maximum heart rate in children and adolescents

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 861-864

  Verschuren, Olaf ^a,b,c   Maltais, Désirée B ^d,e   Takken, Tim ^f,g  

^a Rehabilitation Centre 'De Hoogstraat'   (Netherlands)

^b Partner of NetChild   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ATAXIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM HEART RATE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULANCES; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960955846     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03989.x     Document Type: Letter

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