Journal article
Use of the Six-Minute Walk Test Poststroke: Is There a Practice Effect?
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a practice effect occurs across 2 trials of the six-minute walk test (6MWT) among community-dwelling people within 1 year poststroke and to identify characteristics distinguishing people who show a practice effect from those who do not.
DESIGN: Secondary analysis of scores on 2 trials of the 6MWT administered approximately 30 minutes apart at baseline in a randomized controlled trial.
Authors
Liu J; Drutz C; Kumar R; McVicar L; Weinberger R; Brooks D; Salbach NM
Journal
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 89, No. 9, pp. 1686–1692
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.apmr.2008.02.026
ISSN
0003-9993