Randomized trial of nordic walking in patients with moderate to severe heart failure

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1470-1476

  Keast, Marja Leena ^a   Slovinec D'Angelo, Monika E ^a   Nelson, Chantal R M ^a   Turcotte, Scott E ^a,b   McDonnell, Lisa A ^a   Nadler, Rebecca E ^a   Reed, Jennifer L ^a   Pipe, Andrew L ^a   Reid, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORDIC WALKING; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

DEPRESSION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 84886953364     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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