The six minute walk test comparison to a stair climb test

Shahzad Ahmad (Mclean, United States of America), Shahzad Ahmad, Anne Whitney Brown, Christopher King, Oksana Shlobin, Nargues Weir, Sydney Stayrook, Steven Nathan

Source: International Congress 2015 – Clinical exercise physiology in health and disease
Session: Clinical exercise physiology in health and disease
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2239
Disease area: Airway diseases

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