Six-minute walk test in healthy children: Is the leg length important?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 921-926

  Oliveira, Andréia C ^a   Rodrigues, Camila C ^a   Rolim, Denise S ^a   Souza, Altay A L ^a   Nascimento, Oliver A ^a   Jardim, José R ^a   Rozov, Tatiana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

child; exercise test methods; pediatric; six minute walk test; walking; work capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TRUE LEG LENGTH;

CHILD; EXERCISE TEST/METHODS; PEDIATRIC; SIX-MINUTE WALK TEST; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALKING;

EID: 84882453667     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22696     Document Type: Article

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