Healthy adults maximum oxygen uptake prediction from a six minute walking test

Six minute walking distance in healthy elderly subjects.

The six minute walking distance (6MWD) test is a commonly used test to estimate functional exercise capacity in patients with chronic diseases including chronic obstructive lung disease. Surprisingly, no attempt has been made to establish normal values for the 6MWD. The aim of this study, therefore, was to evaluate the 6MWD in healthy elderly volunteers and to evaluate its determining factors. ...

Six minute walking test: an old tool with new applications

In 1976 McGavin and colleagues invented a simple, easy to apply and reproducible test assessing exercise capacity in patients with chronic bronchitis [1]. McGavin, at that time registrar at the City Hospital in Edinburgh, probably did not expect such a promising future for his timed walk test. The test not only stood well the advent of sophisticated cardiopulmonary exercise testing but also has...

Assessment of oxygen uptake during the six-minute walk test in patients with heart failure.

The six minute walk test accurately estimates mean peak oxygen uptake

BACKGROUND Both Peak Oxygen Uptake (peak VO2), from cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and the distance walked during a Six-Minute Walk Test (6 MWD) are used for following the natural history of various diseases, timing of procedures such as transplantation and for assessing the response to therapeutic interventions. However, their relationship has not been clearly defined. METHODS We de...

Six-minute walk test performance in healthy adult Pakistani volunteers.

OBJECTIVE To determine the six-minute walking distance (6MWD) for healthy Pakistanis, identify factors affecting 6MWD, compare published equations with the local data and derive an equation. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Two medical institutes of Karachi, from January to May 2011. METHODOLOGY Subjects between 15 and 65 years were prospectively enrolled af...