Age-specific normal values for the incremental shuttle walk test in a healthy british population

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 309-313

  Harrison, Samantha Louise ^a,b   Greening, Neil J ^a,b   Houchen Wolloff, Linzy ^a   Bankart, John ^b   Morgan, Mike D L ^a   Steiner, Michael C ^a   Singh, Sally J ^a,c  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Incremental Shuttle Walk Test; pulmonary rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALK TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY; WALKING;

EID: 84883652931     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3182a0297e     Document Type: Article

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