title: [Indications and performance of a 6 minute treadmill test in pneumology].
abstract: The aim of rehabilitative measures for chronic airway and lung diseases is the restoration or improvement of disturbed lung function along with increased quality of life. The six minute walking-distance test (6 min WDT) is a suitable method for the assessment of the physical fitness of patients with chronic pulmonary diseases. The results of the 6 min WDT do not correlate strictly with lung function but correlate rather better with quality of life parameters and dyspnoea ratings; they therefore provide a better reflection of the patient's condition in daily life than is given by lung function measurements. Such a parameter may be appropriate in considerations of the potential for rehabilitation, in addition to its usefulness in questions of assessment.
authors.affiliation: Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Zentrum für Pneumologie-Thoraxchirurgie LVA Freie u. Hansestadt Hamburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kirsten
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jörres
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Magnussen
mesh_terms: D005080:Exercise Test; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D011788:Quality of Life