Six Minute Walk Test: a Literary Review

Exercise testing is an important component of initial patient assessment in cardiac rehabilitation. Assessment of functional exercise capacity has gained importance in the patient care in various diseased states. Timed walking tests are widely used to evaluate functional exercise performance, as they are likely to measure the ability to undertake the activities of day-to-day life. Functional capacity is an important clinical outcome measure in rehabilitation of any patient and thus necessitating an exercise testing procedure.