Concurrent validity of the 10-meter walk test as compared with the 6-minute walk test in patients with spinal cord injury at various levels of ability

Spinal Cord

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 333-336

  Amatachaya, S ^a   Naewla, S ^a,b   Srisim, K ^a   Arrayawichanon, P ^a,c   Siritaratiwat, W ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Ratchathani University   (Thailand)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

functional tests; paraplegia; rehabilitation; tetraplegia; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THAILAND; WALKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 84898004652     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2013.171     Document Type: Article

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