Open AccessFitkids Treadmill Test: Clinical Utility and Factors Associated With Its Use Among Physical Therapists
Author(s) -
Elles M.W. Kotte,
Janke F. de Groot,
Alexander M.F. Winkler,
Cindy Veenhof,
Tim Takken
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.1093/ptj/pzy142
Subject(s) - facilitator , physical therapy , test (biology) , medicine , normative , clinical practice , treadmill , psychology , social psychology , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
Although the Fitkids Treadmill Test (FTT) has been validated and normative values are available for healthy 6- to 18-year-old children and adolescents, these facts do not automatically imply uptake of the test in routine practice of physical therapists.
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