A cross-sectional study of differences in 6-min walk distance in healthy adults residing at high altitude versus sea level

BACKGROUND: We sought to determine if adult residents living at high altitude have developed sufficient adaptation to a hypoxic environment to match the functional capacity of a similar population at sea level. To test this hypothesis, we compared the 6-min walk test distance (6MWD) in 334 residents...

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Autores principales: Caffrey, Deirdre, Miranda, J Jaime, Gilman, Robert H, Davila-Roman, Victor G, Cabrera, Lilia, Dowling, Russell, Stewart, Talia, Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio, Wise, Robert, Leon-Velarde, Fabiola, Checkley, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3909455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24484777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-7648-3-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3909455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24484777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-7648-3-3

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