The 6MWD is usually negatively associated with a higher Body Mass Index , increased cigarette consumption , higher doses of antipsychotic medication and lower physical self-worth in individuals with schizophrenia .
The 6MWT demonstrates high reliability .
IMPLICATION S FOR REHABILITATION The Six-Minute Walk Test reliably assesses the functional exercise capacity in patients with schizophrenia .
The impact of therapeutic interventions on patients , as measured by the 6MWT , can not be confirmed .
PURPOSE The six-minute walk test ( 6MWT ) is a sub-maximal exercise test measuring the distance that a patient can walk quickly in a period of 6 minutes ( 6MWD ) .
The objectives of this systematic review are to evaluate the 6MWT 's suitability for measuring the impact of an intervention , to compare the 6MWD walked by patients with schizophrenia with data for the general population or matched controls , to identify the determinants of 6MWD and to examine the measurement properties and quality procedures of the 6MWT .
Six-minute walk distance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: reproducibility and effect of walking course layout and length.
The 6-minute walk test is used in clinical practice and clinical trials of lung diseases ; however , it is not clear whether replicate tests need to be performed to assess performance . Furthermore , little is known about the impact of walking course layout on test performance . We conducted 6-minute walks on 761 patients with severe emphysema ( mean + /- SD FEV1 % predicted = 26.3 + /- 7.2 ) who were participants in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial . Four hundred seventy participants had repeated walks on a separate day . The second test was improved by an average of 7.0 + /- 15.2 % ( 66.1 + /- 146 feet , p < 0.0001 , by paired t test ) , with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.88 between days . The course layout had an effect on the distance walked . Participants tested on continuous ( circular or oval ) courses had a 92.2-foot longer walking distance than those tested on straight ( out and back ) courses . Course length had no significant effect on walking distance . The training effect found in these patients with severe emphysema is less than in previous reports of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . Furthermore , the layout of the track may influence the 6-minute walk performance
The 6MWD is usually negatively associated with a higher Body Mass Index , increased cigarette consumption , higher doses of antipsychotic medication and lower physical self-worth in individuals with schizophrenia .
The 6MWT demonstrates high reliability .
IMPLICATION S FOR REHABILITATION The Six-Minute Walk Test reliably assesses the functional exercise capacity in patients with schizophrenia .
The impact of therapeutic interventions on patients , as measured by the 6MWT , can not be confirmed .
PURPOSE The six-minute walk test ( 6MWT ) is a sub-maximal exercise test measuring the distance that a patient can walk quickly in a period of 6 minutes ( 6MWD ) .
The objectives of this systematic review are to evaluate the 6MWT 's suitability for measuring the impact of an intervention , to compare the 6MWD walked by patients with schizophrenia with data for the general population or matched controls , to identify the determinants of 6MWD and to examine the measurement properties and quality procedures of the 6MWT .