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The 6 Minute Walk Test is a sub-maximal exercise test used to assess aerobic capacity and endurance. The distance covered over a time of 6 minutes is used as the outcome by which to compare changes in performance capacity. The 6MWT can be used in a wide range of diagnoses includingIt evaluates the functional capacity of the individual and it provides valuable information regarding all the systems during physical activity, including pulmonary and cardiovascular systems, blood circulation, neuromuscular units, body metabolism, and peripheral circulation.
Year: 2002
Authors: ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories
Disease: Heart Failure
Outcome: Exercise capacity (including effort test)
See more tools that use this outcome Measure: Exercise capacity
See more tools that use this measure Number of RCTs that used this tool (in our study): 45
See the RCTs Scale: Higher scores are better Reference: ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories (2002). ATS statement: guidelines for the six-minute walk test. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 166(1), 111–117.
See more tools that use this outcome Measure: Exercise capacity
See more tools that use this measure Number of RCTs that used this tool (in our study): 45
See the RCTs Scale: Higher scores are better Reference: ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories (2002). ATS statement: guidelines for the six-minute walk test. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 166(1), 111–117.
Target population: General population
Focus Generic
Notes The 6MWT can be used in preschool children (2-5 years), children (6-12 years) adults (18-64 years), elderly adults (65+)
Translations available: Yes
Original version validated: Yes
Original language: English
Form of delivery: Medical examination
Licence needed: No
10.1164/ajrccm.166.1.at1102
