Repeated six-minute walk tests for outcome measurement and exercise prescription in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: A longitudinal study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1388-1394

  Bellet, R Nicole ^a,d   Francis, Rebecca L ^b   Jacob, Justin S ^a,b   Healy, Karen M ^b   Bartlett, Harold J ^a,c   Adams, Lewis ^d   Morris, Norman R ^d  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention Program   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Exercise therapy; Outcome assessment; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GAS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TELEMETRY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 80052223826     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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