The retest reliability of the six-minute walk test in patients referred to a cardiac rehabilitation programme

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Hanson, Lisa C ^a   Mcburney, Helen ^b   Taylor, Nicholas F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Heart disease; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; WALKING;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 84857503804     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.513     Document Type: Article

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