The 1-mile walk test is a valid predictor of VO 2max and is a reliable alternative fitness test to the 1.5-mile run in U.S. air force males

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-673

  Weiglein, Laura ^a,b   Herrick, Jeffery ^a   Kirk, Stacie ^a   Kirk, Erik P ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b Scott AFB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 80051622462     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00444     Document Type: Article

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