Predictors of shuttle walking test performance in patients with cardiovascular disease

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 317-322

  Pepera, G ^a   Cardoso, F ^a   Taylor, M J D ^a   Peristeropoulos, A ^a   Sandercock, G R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Exercise test; Functional exercise capacity; Incremental shuttle walking test; Predictors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEP HEIGHT; STEP LENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING DISTANCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE CAPACITY; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; PREDICTORS;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIMICIFUGA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84887175471     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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