Reference equations for the six-minute walk distance in healthy Korean adults, aged 22-59 years

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 269-275

  Kim, Ah Lim ^a   Kwon, Jae Choon ^a   Park, In ^a   Kim, Ji Na ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a   Jeong, Bi Na ^a   Yu, Sung Ken ^a   Lee, Byung Ki ^a   Kim, Yeon Jae ^a  

^a Daegu Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Exercise tolerance; Healthy volunteers; Physical endurance; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84904467854     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2014.76.6.269     Document Type: Article

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