Six-minute walk test-normal values of school children aged 7-12 y in India: A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-601

  D'Silva, Cherishma ^a   Vaishali, K ^a   Venkatesan, Prem ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Six minute walk test; Submaximal exercise testing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALKING;

EID: 84862846121     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0559-x     Document Type: Article

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