Six-minute walking test in children with ESRD: discrimination validity and construct validity
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The six-minute walk test in healthy children: reliability and validity.
The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the 6-min walk test (6MWT) in healthy children. Chinese secondary school students were randomly recruited. They attended the current authors' unit on two occasions, separated by 2 weeks. Physical examination and standardised maximum incremental exercise testing on a treadmill were performed on the first visit. Spirometry and 6M...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Nephrology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0931-041X,1432-198X
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1259-x