Response to letter regarding article, "Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease"
- PMID: 25869008
- PMCID: PMC5126646
- DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013268
Response to letter regarding article, "Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease"
Comment on
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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.Circulation. 2014 Jul 1;130(1):61-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.007002. Circulation. 2014. PMID: 24982117 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Letter by Le Faucheur et al regarding articles, "Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease" and "The treadmill is a better functional test than the 6-minute walk test in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease".Circulation. 2015 Apr 14;131(15):e406. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.012389. Circulation. 2015. PMID: 25869007 No abstract available.
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