Test-retest reliability and developmental evolution of the 6-min walk test in Caucasian boys aged 5-12years

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Goemans, Nathalie ^a   Klingels, Katrijn ^b   van den Hauwe, Marleen ^a   Van Orshoven, Anneleen ^b   Vanpraet, Sofie ^b   Feys, Hilde ^b   Buyse, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

6 min walk test; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Exercise capacity; Healthy children; Reference data; Reliability

Indexed keywords

6 MIN WALK TEST; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING SPEED;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84872386703     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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