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The six minute walk test accurately estimates mean peak oxygen uptake

BACKGROUND: Both Peak Oxygen Uptake (peak VO2), from cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and the distance walked during a Six-Minute Walk Test (6 MWD) are used for following the natural history of various diseases, timing of procedures such as transplantation and for assessing the response to th...

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Autores principales: Ross, Robert M, Murthy, Jayasimha N, Wollak, Istvan D, Jackson, Andrew S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20504351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-10-31