Is the six-minute walk test appropriate for detecting changes in cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy elderly men?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-265

  Santana, Marcos G ^a,b   de Lira, Claudio A B ^b   Passos, Giselle S ^a,b   Santos, Carlos A F ^a   Silva, Alan H O ^a   Yoshida, Cristina H ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a   de Mello, Marco T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concurrent training; Functional capacity; Incremental exercise test; Older adults; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; WALKING;

AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; JOGGING; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; WALKING;

EID: 84860885007     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.11.249     Document Type: Article

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