Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 7 , Pages 918-922 , July 2006

Validity and Reliability of the Modified Shuttle Walk Test in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  • Loredana A. Campo, BScN, BScPT, DipMgmt, Pht

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, QC, Canada
    • School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Gevorg Chilingaryan, DMD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Katherine Berg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, QC, Canada
    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Bruno Paradis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, QC, Canada
    • Cité de la Santé Hospital, Laval, QC, Canada
    • Centre Hospitalier Ambulatoire Régional de Laval, Laval, QC, Canada.
    • ,
  • Barbara Mazer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, QC, Canada
    • School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Barbara Mazer, PhD, CRIR-Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, 3205 Place Alton Goldbloom, Laval, QC H7V 1R2, Canada

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 Supported by the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation du Montréal Métropolitain.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00283-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.03.005

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 7 , Pages 918-922 , July 2006

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