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. 2014 Jul 1;130(1):61-8.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.007002.

Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease

Mary M McDermott  1 , Jack M Guralnik  2 , Michael H Criqui  2 , Kiang Liu  2 , Melina R Kibbe  2 , Luigi Ferrucci  2
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Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease

Mary M McDermott et al. Circulation. .
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Relative changes in six-minute walk and treadmill maximal walking time in clinical trials of exercise, according to whether the trial used treadmill walking exercise vs. over ground walking exercise.
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