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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.
mentary to cardiopulmonary exercise testing, not a replace-ment for it. Despite the difference between these two functional tests, some good correlations between them have been re-ported. For example, a significant correlation (r 0.73) be-tween 6MWD and peak oxygen uptake has been reported for patients with end-stage lung diseases (36, 37).
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