Noninvasive Assessment of Neuromuscular Disease in Dogs: Use of the 6-minute Walk Test to Assess Submaximal Exercise Tolerance in Dogs with Centronuclear Myopathy

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• 作者：S. Cerda-Gonzalez ; L. Talarico and R. Todhunter
• 刊名：Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May/June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：30
• 期：3
• 页码：808-812
• 全文大小：320K
• ISSN：1939-1676

文摘

Noninvasive methods of quantitating exercise tolerance in dogs with neuromuscular disease are needed both for clinical and research use. The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) has been validated as a reliable test of exercise tolerance in dogs with pulmonary and cardiac disease, but not in dogs with neuromuscular disease.