Functional capacity after pediatric liver transplantation: A pilot study

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 586-593

  Da Silva, Rosângela Maria ^a   De Carvalho, Werther Brunow ^b   Johnston, Cíntia ^a   De Castro, Mariela Borba ^a   Manta Ferreira, Israel ^a   Patti, Camilla L ^a   De Azevedo, Ramiro Anthero ^a   Gonzalez, Adriano Miziara ^a   Linhares, Marcelo Moura ^a   Salzedas Netto, Alcides Augusto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

children; liver transplantation; physical fitness; reproducibility; six min walk test; stress test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SIX MINUTE WALK WORK; TIDAL VOLUME; WALKED DISTANCE; WALKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; EXERCISE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WALKING;

EID: 84906096721     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12318     Document Type: Article

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