The 6-min walk distance in healthy subjects: reference standards from seven countries

Casanova, Ciro; R. Celli, Bartolomé; Barría, Patricio; Casas, Alejandro; Côté, Claudia; de Torres, J.P.; R. Jardim, José; V. Lopez, M.; M. Marı́n, José; Montes de, María; Pinto-Plata, V.; Aguirre‐Jaime, Armando

doi:10.1183/09031936.00194909

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The 6-min walk distance in healthy subjects: reference standards from seven countries

Published in European Respiratory Journal • Jun 4, 2010

Authors:

Ciro Casanova

Bartolomé R. Celli

Patricio Barría

Abstract

The 6-min walk distance (6MWD) predicted values have been derived from small cohorts mostly from single countries. The aim of the present study was to investigate differences between countries and identify new reference values to improve 6MWD interpretation. We studied 444 subjects (238 males) from ...

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Medicine

Spirometry

Demography

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