Six minute walk distance in healthy subjects aged 55–75 years

• Published in: Respiratory medicine Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 658 - 665
• Main Authors: Camarri, Bernadine, Eastwood, Peter R., Cecins, Nola M., Thompson, Philip J., Jenkins, Sue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2006; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Body Height; Body Weight; Exercise Test; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology; Healthy subjects; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pneumology; Predictive Value of Tests; Regression Analysis; Sex Factors; Six minute walk distance; Six minute walk test; Time Factors; Walk tests; Walking - physiology; Walk tests; Six minute walk test; Healthy subjects; Six minute walk distance; Exercise test; Physical exercise; Human; Healthy subject; Distance

The six minute walk test (6MWT) is the most commonly used exercise test in pulmonary rehabilitation; however, the paucity of six minute walk distance (6MWD) reference values from population-based samples limits data interpretation in patients. This study was undertaken to determine 6MWD in a populat...