Measurement properties of the incremental shuttle walk test: A systematic review

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1357-1369

  Parreira, Verônica F ^a,b,c   Janaudis Ferreira, Tania ^b,c,d   Evans, Rachel A ^e   Mathur, Sunita ^b,c   Goldstein, Roger S ^b,c,f   Brooks, Dina ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALK TEST; LUNG CAPACITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84901838671     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2071     Document Type: Article

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