Reliability of the 6-min walk test after total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2625-2628

  Jakobsen, Thomas Linding ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b   Bandholm, Thomas ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Functional outcome measure; Reliability; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84885949355     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2054-y     Document Type: Article

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