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Validity of maximal oxygen consumption prediction equations in young Saudi females

Marwah M. Almakhaita, Lubna I. Al Asoom, Nazish Rafique, Rabia Latif and Anas M. Alduhishy
Saudi Medical Journal August 2019, 40 (8) 789-796; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.8.24332
Marwah M. Almakhaita
From the Department of Physiology (Almakhaita, Al Asoom, Rafique, Latif), College of Medicine and from the Department of Physiotherapy (Alduhishy), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MSc
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Lubna I. Al Asoom
From the Department of Physiology (Almakhaita, Al Asoom, Rafique, Latif), College of Medicine and from the Department of Physiotherapy (Alduhishy), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, PhD
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Nazish Rafique
From the Department of Physiology (Almakhaita, Al Asoom, Rafique, Latif), College of Medicine and from the Department of Physiotherapy (Alduhishy), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, FCPS
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Rabia Latif
From the Department of Physiology (Almakhaita, Al Asoom, Rafique, Latif), College of Medicine and from the Department of Physiotherapy (Alduhishy), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Anas M. Alduhishy
From the Department of Physiology (Almakhaita, Al Asoom, Rafique, Latif), College of Medicine and from the Department of Physiotherapy (Alduhishy), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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