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This statement provides practical guidelines for the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). Specifically, it reviews indications, details factors that influence results, presents a brief step-by-step protocol, outlines safety measures, describes proper patient preparation and procedures, and offers guidelines for clinical interpretation of results.
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Six Minute Walk Test Instructions and Tracking Sheet . 4. Instruct the patient as follows: "The object of this test is to walk as far as possible for 6 minutes. You will walk back and forth in this hallway. Six minutes is a long time to walk, so you will be exerting yourself. You will probably get out of breath or become exhausted.
The 6MWT is a practical, simple, self-paced walking test that assesses the submaximal level of functional exercise capacity. Changes in the 6 minute walk distance (6MWD) are used to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic interventions including pharmaceutical management, surgery, rehabilitation and exercise prescription.
The 6 Minute Walk Test is a sub-maximal exercise test used to assess aerobic capacity and endurance. The distance covered over a time of 6 minutes is used as the outcome by which to compare changes in performance capacity.
23 sie 2019 · The 6MWT is a simple test that requires no specialized equipment or advanced training for physicians and assesses the submaximal level of functional capacity of an individual while walking on a flat, hard surface in a period of 6 min (6-minute walk distance; 6MWD).
This statement provides practical guidelines for the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). Specifically, it reviews indications, details factors that influence results, presents a brief step-by-step pro-tocol, outlines safety measures, describes proper patient prep-aration and procedures, and offers guidelines for clinical inter-pretation of results.
24 cze 2021 · The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is a validated tool, of submaximal intensity, used to objectively measure functional exercise capacity across numerous pathologies including patients with multiple co-morbidities (Chetta et al. 2006; Dourado et al. 2009).
