Assessment of functional capacity in chagas heart disease by incremental shuttle walk test and its relation to quality-of-life

Assessment of functional capacity in chagas heart disease by incremental shuttle walk test and its relation to quality-of-life

Background: The cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) is considered to be the gold standard to evaluate functional capacity (FC) in patients with heart failure. However, field tests such as the 6-min walk test (6MWT) and the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) are simple and effective in evaluating...

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Main Authors: Henrique Silveira Costa, Rafael Leite Alves, Stela Alves da Silva, Maria Clara Noman Alencar, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Márcia Maria Oliveria Lima, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
6-min walk test
cardiopulmonary exercise test
chagas heart disease
functional capacity
health-related quality-of-life
incremental shuttle walk test
Online Access:http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2014;volume=5;issue=2;spage=152;epage=158;aulast=Costa

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