Reference equations for the six-minute walk distance in the healthy Chinese population aged 18-59 years.

The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a safe, simple, inexpensive tool for evaluating the functional exercise capacity of patients with chronic respiratory disease. However, there is a lack of standard reference equations for the six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in the healthy Chinese population aged 18...

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Main Authors: He Zou, Xiuruo Zhu, Jia Zhang, Yi Wang, Xiaozhen Wu, Fang Liu, Xiaofeng Xie, Xiaoshu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5598997?pdf=render