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OBJECTIVELY MEASURED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSICAL FITNESS/FUNCTION IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS

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PURPOSE: To describe levels of physical activity (PA) in those with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), examine the relationship of PA levels to other physical fitness/functional measures, and determine if there are significant differences between objectively measured PA levels and well-established prognostic measures in this population.
subject
Accelerometer
Diastolic Heart Failure
Physical Activity
Physical Function
contributor
Goodman, Alesia Michelle (author)
Brubaker, Peter H (committee chair)
Berry, Michael J (committee member)
Miller, Gary D (committee member)
date
2011-07-14T20:36:32Z (accessioned)
2012-07-14T08:30:18Z (available)
2011 (issued)
degree
Health and Exercise Science (discipline)
embargo
2012-07-14 (terms)
identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10339/33503 (uri)
language
en (iso)
publisher
Wake Forest University
title
OBJECTIVELY MEASURED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSICAL FITNESS/FUNCTION IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
type
Thesis

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