Six-minute walk test: An effective and necessary tool in modern cardiac rehabilitation

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-130

  Papathanasiou, Jannis V ^a   Ilieva, Elena ^a   Marinov, Blagoi ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Functional capacity; High intensity aerobic interval training; Moderate intensive continuous training

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; TRAINING; WALKING;

EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 84878172529     PISSN: 11099666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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