Two- and 6-minute walk tests assess walking capability equally in neuromuscular diseases

Neurology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 442-445

  Andersen, Linda Kahr ^a   Knak, Kirsten Lykke ^a   Witting, Nanna ^a   Vissing, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TWO MINUTE WALK TEST; WALKING; WALKING DISTANCE; WALKING SPEED; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957566228     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002332     Document Type: Article

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