PWC 75%/kg, a fitness index not linked to resting heart rate: Testing procedure and reference values

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1196-1200

  Batcho, Charles Sebiyo ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a,b   Nielens, Henri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment process; Physical fitness; Reference values; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERGOMETER; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESTING HEART RATE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863328732     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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