Commentary on "cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children and Adolescents with Dystrophinopathies: A Pilot Study"

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-

  Case, Laura E ^a   Hartzell, Andrea S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84938077743     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: 1538005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000160     Document Type: Note

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