Validity of the six-minute walk test in cancer patients

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 631-636

  Schmidt, K ^a   Vogt, L ^a   Thiel, C ^a   Jager E ^b   Banzer, W ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS NORDWEST   (Germany)

Author keywords

6MWT; cancer; evaluation of physical function; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING; CYCLING; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 84879985150     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1323746     Document Type: Article

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