[Indications and performance of a 6 minute treadmill test in pneumology].
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.
Kirsten
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Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Zentrum für Pneumologie-Thoraxchirurgie LVA Freie u. Hansestadt Hamburg.
Jörres
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Magnussen
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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