Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 610-616 , May 2007

Exercise Testing and Training in a Cancer Rehabilitation Program: The Advantage of the Steep Ramp Test

  • Ingrid C. De Backer, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ingrid C. De Backer, MSc, Dept of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, De Run 4600, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Goof Schep, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Adwin Hoogeveen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Gerard Vreugdenhil, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Arnold D. Kester, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Eric van Breda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Movement Science, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.013

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 610-616 , May 2007

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