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American Thoracic Society Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 166. pp 111 117, 2002 DOI: address: ATS Statement: Guidelines for the Six-Minute Walk Test T HIS O FFICIAL S TATEMENT OF THE A MERICAN T HORACIC S OCIETY WAS APPROVED BY THE ATS B OARD OF D IRECTORS M ARCH 2002 CONTENTS Purpose and ScopeBackgroundIndications and LimitationsContraindicationsSafety IssuesTechnical Aspects of the 6 - Minute Walk TestRequired EquipmentPatient PreparationMeasurementsQuality AssuranceInterpretationReferences PURPOSE AND SCOPE This statement provides practical guidelines for the 6-minutewalk test (6 MWT). Specifically, it reviews indications, detailsfactors that influence results, presents a brief step-by-step pro-tocol, outlines safety measures, describes proper patient prep-aration and procedures, and offers guidelines for clinical inter-pretation of results.
exercise tests in order of increasing complexity are stair climb-ing, a 6MWT, a shuttle-walk test, detection of exercise-induced asthma, a cardiac stress test (e.g., Bruce protocol), and a cardio-pulmonary exercise test (1, 2). Other professional organiza-tions have published standards for cardiac stress testing (3, 4).
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