Timed up and go tests in cardiac rehabilitation: Reliability and comparison with the 6-minute walk test

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Bellet, R Nicole ^a   Francis, Rebecca L ^b   Jacob, Justin S ^a,b   Healy, Karen M ^b   Bartlett, Harold J ^a,c   Adams, Lewis ^d   Morris, Norman R ^d  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention Program   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

exercise therapy; outcome assessment; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANKLE PAIN; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT DISORDER; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HIP PAIN; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW PAIN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 84874942445     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3182773fae     Document Type: Article

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