Comparison of six-minute walk test in children with moderate/severe asthma with reference values for healthy children

Objective: to compare physical performance and cardiorespiratory responses in the six-minute walk test (6MWT) in asthmatic children with reference values for healthy children in the same age group, and to correlate them with intervening variables. Methods: this was a cross-sectional, prospective stu...

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Main Authors: Lívia Barboza de Andrade, Diogo A.R.G. Silva, Taíza L.B. Salgado, José N. Figueroa, Norma Lucena-Silva, Murilo C.A. Britto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002175571300209X