Reference equations for 6-min walk test in healthy Indian subjects (25-80 years)

Lung India

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-38

  Ramanathan, Ramanathan Palaniappan ^a   Chandrasekaran, Baskaran ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

6 min walk distance; Functional capacity; Indian population; Reference value; Walk test

Indexed keywords

6 MIN WALK TEST; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84893514971     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.125892     Document Type: Article

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