6-minute walking test: a useful tool in the management of heart failure patients

S Giannitsi, M Bougiakli, A Bechlioulis… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Reduced functional ability and exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure (HF) are
associated with poor quality of life and a worse prognosis. The 6-minute walking test …

Health-related physical fitness measures: reference values and reference equations for use in clinical practice

AT Tveter, H Dagfinrud, T Moseng, I Holm - Archives of Physical Medicine …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To provide reference values and reference equations for frequently used clinical
field tests of health-related physical fitness for use in clinical practice. Design Cross …

Reference values for standardized tests of walking speed and distance: a systematic review

NM Salbach, KK O'Brien, D Brooks, E Irvin, R Martino… - Gait & posture, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To provide an overview of the reference values and methodology used to obtain
them for time-and distance-limited walk tests. Methods We performed a systematic review …

Six-minute walk test: reference values for healthy adults in Brazil

MR Soares, CAC Pereira - Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To develop regression equations for six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in healthy
adults (20-80 years of age) in Brazil. Methods: We included 132 volunteers (66 males) …

[HTML][HTML] Course length of 30 metres versus 10 metres has a significant influence on six-minute walk distance in patients with COPD: an experimental crossover study

E Beekman, I Mesters, EJM Hendriks… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Questions Do patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) achieve a
different distance on the sixminute walk test (6MWT) conducted on a 10 m course versus on …

Effects of cardiorespiratory rehabilitation program on submaximal exercise in patients with long-COVID-19 conditions: a systematic review of randomized controlled …

A Ghram, I Latiri, J Methnani, A Souissi… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Long-COVID-19 patients (LC19Ps) often experience cardiovascular
and respiratory complications. Cardiorespiratory rehabilitation programs (CRRPs) have …

Impact of cardiorespiratory rehabilitation program on submaximal exercise capacity of Tunisian male patients with post-COVID19: a pilot study

E Toulgui, W Benzarti, C Rahmani, S Aissa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Post-COVID19 patients suffer from persistent respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and
musculoskeletal health complaints such as dyspnea, chest pain/discomfort, and fatigue. In …

[PDF][PDF] Reference equations for the 6-minute walk test in healthy individuals

VZ Dourado - Arq Bras Cardiol, 2011 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
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 …

The 6-min walk test: responses in healthy Canadians aged 45 to 85 years

K Hill, LM Wickerson, LJ Woon… - Applied physiology …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
We sought to describe responses to the 6-min walk test (6MWT) in healthy Canadian adults
in order to facilitate interpretation of its results in patient populations. Seventy-seven healthy …

Influence of regular aerobic exercise on endothelium‐dependent vasodilation and cardiorespiratory fitness in pregnant women

R Ramírez‐Vélez, AC Aguilar de Plata… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: To evaluate the effect of regular aerobic exercise on the endothelial function and
cardiorespiratory fitness in pregnant women. Method: This was a randomized, double …