Correlation between body mass index and walked distance during the six-minute walk test in obese patients

L. Orlandi, A. Machado, J. Assumpção, A. P. Freitas, F. Ribeiro, L. Versiane, V. Paula-Carvalho, M. D. G. Rodrigues-Machado (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Rehabilitation: training and responses; measuring functional capacity and physical activity; COPD and non-COPD
Disease area: Airway diseases

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