Evaluation of the six-minute walk in multiple sclerosis subjects and healthy controls

• Published in: Multiple sclerosis Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 383 - 390
• Main Authors: Goldman, Myla D, Marrie, Ruth Ann, Cohen, Jeffrey A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2008; Arnold; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Disability Evaluation; Exercise Test - methods; Exercise Test - standards; Female; Gait; Health Status; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Multiple sclerosis and variants. Guillain barré syndrome and other inflammatory polyneuropathies. Leukoencephalitis; Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive - physiopathology; Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting - physiopathology; Muscle Fatigue; Neurology; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Walking; motor fatigue; outcome measures; multiple sclerosis; six-minute walk; Evaluation; Nervous system diseases; Multiple sclerosis; Prognosis; Healthy subject; Central nervous system disease; Fatigue; Degenerative disease; Inflammatory disease

Objective To assess the characteristics of the 6-min walk (6MW) in multiple sclerosis (MS) subjects of varied disability, and controls. To assess the correlation of 6MW to subjective measures of fatigue, health status and ambulation using the modified fatigue impact scale (MFIS), short form-36 Healt...