6-Minute walk distance in healthy Singaporean adults cannot be predicted using reference equations derived from Caucasian populations

Reference equations for the six-minute walk in healthy adults.

In order to establish reference equations for prediction of the total distance walked during six minutes (6MWD) for healthy adults, we administered the standardized 6-min walk test to 117 healthy men and 173 healthy women, aged 40 to 80 yr. Oxygen saturation (SaO2), pulse rate, and the degree of dyspnea (Borg scale) were determined before and at the end of the walk. The median distance walked w...

Reference Equations for the Six-Minute Walk Distance in Healthy Korean Adults, Aged 22-59 Years

BACKGROUND The six-minute walk test has been widely used in people with chronic cardiopulmonary disorders as an outcome assessment with regards to therapeutic or prognostic determinants. This study was undertaken to determine the six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in a sample of healthy Koreans and to create a reference equation. We also compared the 6MWD of our cohort with previously published eq...

6-Minute Walk Distance

We commend Mullen et al 1 for their recent article in CHEST (February 2014) on quality of life and parental adjustment in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. It is indeed a very valuable research question that the authors have made an attempt to answer. However, we would like to point out a number of methodologic concerns that we fear might limit the validity of the study results. The small sampl...

[Reference Equations for the 6-Minute Walk Test in Healthy Individuals.]

The six-minute walk test (6MWT) has been broadly used in clinical settings. Several reference equations for prediction of the total distance walked during the test (6MWD) are available in literature. The present review aimed to critically discuss studies, published in Portuguese and English (LILACS, SCIELO, MEDLINE, PUBMED), which evaluated normal values and created reference equations for pred...

Regression equations to predict 6 - minute walk distance in Chinese adults aged 55 – 85 years