Six minute walking test in asthmatic children: reproducibility and correlation with pulmonary function test, strength and endurance of the respiratory muscles

M. D. G. Rodrigues Machado, A. C. Costa, A. L. Oliveira, C. A. Almeida, I. M. Oliveira, A. Dornelas Andrade, N. S. Jentzsch (Belo Horizonte, Recife, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Clinical and physiological observations from health to chronic illness
Session: Clinical and physiological observations from health to chronic illness
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2506
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

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