Reference Values for a Multiple Repetition 6-Minute Walk Test in Healthy Adults Older Than 20 Years

J. Gibbons, William; Fruchter, Nadine; Sloan, Sherry; D. Levy, Robert

doi:10.1097/00008483-200103000-00005

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Reference Values for a Multiple Repetition 6-Minute Walk Test in Healthy Adults Older Than 20 Years

Published in Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation • Mar 1, 2001

Authors:

William J. Gibbons

Nadine Fruchter

Sherry Sloan

Abstract

PURPOSE: To (1) identify greatest 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) from among several repetitions (best 6MWD) in a wide age range of healthy volunteers to develop reference values for the multiple repetition 6MWD, and (2) investigate the influence of demographics, anthropometrics, and habitual exercise...

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Medicine

Anthropometry

Demographics

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