In people with chronic lung disease, the assessment of exercise capacity gives important
information that can assist with staging disease, assessing prognosis, and evaluating effects …

Field walking tests are commonly employed to evaluate exercise capacity, assess prognosis
and evaluate treatment response in chronic respiratory diseases. In recent years, there has …

Educational Aims To provide recommendations for conducting field walking tests in people
with chronic respiratory disease, from the new European Respiratory Society/American …

There are a number of field walking tests designed to measure the exercise capacity of
patients with chronic respiratory disease. Among these, the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a …

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to develop an externally controlled, constant
paced field walking test to assess endurance capacity in patients with chronic obstructive …

Assessment of exercise capacity and physical function is critical in individuals with
respiratory conditions. While field walking tests are well-established measures of exercise …

The use ofwalk tests as objective measures to provide a means of monitoring response to
treatment is appealing. These tests can be conducted outside the laboratory setting and are …

In recent years, walking tests of physical function have gained prominence in both clinical
practice and research. In general, these tests are used to measure function in persons with …

Background. Measurement of the ability to sustain a given submaximal exercise is an
important component of the assessment of disability. The currently available tests (6-and 12 …

Background Timed walking tests are commonly used in pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
These tests are used to assess the baseline walking function of an individual patient and …