Can the Six-Minute Walk Test Predict Peak Oxygen Uptake in Men With Heart Transplant?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3450029	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	2009	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

In heart transplant recipients, the 6MWT is a safe, practical, and submaximal functional test. The distance-weight product can be used as an alternative method for assessing the functional capacity after heart transplantation but cannot totally replace maximal VÌo2 determination.

Keywords

6MWD VO2peak V̇O2 6MWT Six-minute walk test Ventilatory threshold Rehabilitation Oxygen uptake Peak oxygen uptake standard error of the mean Functional residual capacity Six-minute walk distance SEM exercise Transplantation

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Can the Six-Minute Walk Test Predict Peak Oxygen Uptake in Men With Heart Transplant?

Authors

Stéphane MD, PhD, Paola MD, Samy MD, Anne MD, PhD, François PhD, Bernard MD, PhD,