Validity and reliability of the 6-minute step test in healthy individuals: A Cross-sectional study

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-75

  Arcuri, Juliano F ^a   Borghi Silva, Audrey ^a   Labadessa, Ivana G ^a   Sentanin, Anna C ^a   Candolo, Cecília ^a   Di Lorenzo, Valéria A Pires ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Healthy; Physical therapy; Reliability

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE STEP TEST; 6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; AGE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953340291     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000190     Document Type: Article

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