Journal article
The 6-minute walk: a new measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure.
Abstract
Cycle and treadmill exercise tests are unsuitable for elderly, frail and severely limited patients with heart failure and may not reflect capacity to undertake day-to-day activities. Walking tests have proved useful as measures of outcome for patients with chronic lung disease. To investigate the potential value of the 6-minute walk as an objective measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure, the test was administered …
Authors
Guyatt GH; Sullivan MJ; Thompson PJ; Fallen EL; Pugsley SO; Taylor DW; Berman LB
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 132, No. 8, pp. 919–923
Publication Date
April 15, 1985
ISSN
0820-3946