Reference equation for the 6-minute walk test in healthy North Indian adult males

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 698-703

  Vaish, Hina ^a   Ahmed, F ^a   Singla, R ^b   Shukla, D K ^c  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Microbiology   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

6MWD; Ethnic variations; Evaluation; Functional capacity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIX MINUTE WALK DISTANCE TEST; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; WALK DISTANCE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84876820110     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0474     Document Type: Article

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