Disability Affects the 6-Minute Walking Distance in Obese Subjects (BMI>40 kg/m2)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Donini, Lorenzo Maria ^a   Poggiogalle, Eleonora ^a   Mosca, Veronica ^a   Pinto, Alessandro ^a   Brunani, Amelia ^b   Capodaglio, Paolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OBESITY RELATED DISABILITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIX-MINUTE WALKING TEST; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 84885391552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075491     Document Type: Article

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