Six Minute Walk Test to assess functional capacity in chronic liver disease patients
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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: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i29.3996