Validity of maximal exercise testing in people with multiple sclerosis and low to moderate levels of disability

Physical Therapy

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1168-1175

  Heine, Martin ^a   Hoogervorst, Erwin L J ^b   Hacking, Hub G A ^b   Verschuren, Olaf ^a   Kwakkel, Gert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84905277412     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130418     Document Type: Article

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