Validity and reliability of automated treadmill six-minute walk test in patients entering exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a well-established tool for assessing submaximal functional capacity for cardiac patients, but space limitations challenge its implementation. Treadmill-based (TR) 6MWT is a promising alternative, but it requires patients to complete a familiarization test to adapt treadmill speed regulation. With the advancement of sensors, it is possible to automatically control speed for individual patients and thus overcome the space limitation or the speed control difficulty on the treadmill for each patient.Methods: This study investigated the validity and interchangeability of automated speed TR6MWT and standard hallway (HL) 6MWT. Eighteen patients were assessed at baseline of the 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program. Fourteen of them

SUBMITTER: Nevelikova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798278 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature