{"id":2436,"date":"2011-01-27T12:54:49","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T12:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/pul6mwt\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:08:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:08:26","slug":"pul6mwt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/pul6mwt\/","title":{"rendered":"Indications for the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Function Standards Committee developed guidelines for the 6MWT in clinical settings. The 6MWT was chosen because it is easier to administer, better tolerated, and better reflects activities of daily living than other walk tests.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Indications for the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Before-and-After Treatment Comparisons<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lung transplantation or lung resection<\/li>\n<li>Lung volume reduction surgery<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonary rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>Drug therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)<\/li>\n<li>Pulmonary hypertension<\/li>\n<li>Heart failure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>To Measure Functional Status<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease<\/li>\n<li>Cystic fibrosis<\/li>\n<li>Heart failure<\/li>\n<li>Peripheral vascular disease<\/li>\n<li>In elderly patients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>To Predict Hospitalization and Death<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From heart failure,<\/li>\n<li>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or<\/li>\n<li>pulmonary hypertension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories. ATS statement: guidelines for the six-minute walk test. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Jul 1;166(1):111-7.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12091180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enright PL. The six-minute walk test. Respir Care. 2003 Aug;48(8):783-5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12890299\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created: Jan 27, 2011.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[1248,1247,1246,74,73,1245,1244,268,1243,1242,1241,1249],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pulmonary","tag-1248","tag-6mwt","tag-caminata","tag-indicaciones","tag-indications","tag-minute","tag-minutos","tag-prueba","tag-seis","tag-six","tag-test","tag-walk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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