Reference values and prediction equation for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children aged 6-12 years old

ÖZCAN KAHRAMAN, BUSE; Yuksel, Ertugrul; Nalbant, Abdurrahman; KOÇAK, UMUT; ÜNVER, BAYRAM

doi:10.3906/sag-1901-232

Reference values and prediction equation for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children aged 6-12 years old

ÖZCAN KAHRAMAN B., Yuksel E., Nalbant A., KOÇAK U. Z., ÜNVER B.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.49, sa.4, ss.1126-1131, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1901-232
Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1126-1131
Anahtar Kelimeler: Child, healthy, 6-minute walk test, reference value, normative data
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/aim: The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is the most commonly used and well-established test to measure functional exercise capacity in research and clinical settings. Country-specific reference values are important to interpret the results of 6MWT. However, no reference values have been reported for healthy Turkish children aged between 6 and 12 years old. The aim of this study was to determine normal reference values for the 6MWT test of healthy Turkish children aged between 6 and 12 years old.