title: Maximum phonation time is related to disease severity in male chronic heart failure patients.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan. Electronic address: izawapk@ga2.so-net.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Izawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tochimoto
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otobe
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan; Department of Physical Therapy, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Naohiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omiya
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Brubaker
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Chronic heart failure; Disease severity; Male; Maximum phonation time