Decreased variability of the 6-minute walk test by heart rate correction in patients with neuromuscular disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Prahm, Kira P ^a   Witting, Nanna ^a   Vissing, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE MUTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART RATE; KINESIOTHERAPY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; WALKING;

EID: 84917706514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114273     Document Type: Article

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