Reliability of the six-minute walk test after total hip arthroplasty

HIP International

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 541-545

  Unver, Bayram ^a   Kahraman, Turhan ^a   Kalkan, Serpil ^a   Yuksel, Ertuǧrul ^a   Karatosun, Vasfi ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

6 min walk test; Arthroplasty; Hip; Osteoarthritis; Performance measures; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; GAIT; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HUMAN; MALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84890343797     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/hipint.5000073     Document Type: Article

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