Arm span as a predictor of the six-minute walk test in healthy children
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The six-minute walk test.
The American Thoracic Society has issued guidelines for the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). The 6MWT is safer, easier to administer, better tolerated, and better reflects activities of daily living than other walk tests (such as the shuttle walk test). The primary measurement is 6-min walk distance (6MWD), but during the 6MWT data can also be collected about the patient's blood oxygen saturation and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1413-3555
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.07.003