Materials and Methods All consecutive patients with confirmed diagnosis of chronic
pulmonary diseases were included from January 2013 to June 2014 in tertiary care institute …

Background: Six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a simple, objective, reproducible test which
correlated well with different spirometric indices, and thus able to predict severity of chronic …

Background: The 6‐min walk test (6MWT) is widely used to assess patients with chronic lung
disease (CLD). Anecdotal reports and studies in small numbers of patients with CLD …

BACKGROUND: Six minutes walk test (6MWT), is a sub-maximal exercise test, used as a
clinical indicator of the functional capacity, in patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. Its …

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The two-minute walk test (2MWT) is less well validated than the well-known six-minute walk
test (6MWT) as a field walking test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is not intended to document oxygen (O2) desaturation during
exertion but is often used for this purpose. Because of this, it only has modest reproducibility …

The 6-min walking test (6MWT) is frequently used to assess functional capacity in chronic
cardiopulmonary disorders because of its simplicity. The study examines the physiological …

Background The relationship between the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and pulmonary
function test in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unclear. We …

The detection of exercise-induced hypoxemia is important for evaluating disease status in
patients with chronic respiratory diseases. The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is useful for detecting …