Feasibility, criterion validity and retest reliability of exercise testing using the Astrand-rhyming test protocol with an adaptive ergometer in stroke patients

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1149-1156

  Lennon, Olive C ^a,b,c   Denis, Romain S ^a   Grace, Nuala ^a   Blake, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Astrand Rhyming protocol; Cerebrovascular disorders; Exercise; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861306941     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.635748     Document Type: Article

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