title: Relations between 6 minute walking distance and 10 meter walking speed in patients with multiple sclerosis and stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between a short walking test and a long walking test in patients with walking disability due to multiple sclerosis (MS) or stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital and sport science department.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with MS (n=38), patients with stroke (n=48), and healthy subjects (n=46). Patients were participants in other clinical trials.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  Walking speed in a 10m walk test and a 6 minute walk test was compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite differences in absolute walking speed between long and short tests, strong correlations were found between both the tests in patients with MS (r=.95) and in patients with stroke (r=.94), whereas a more moderate correlation was found in healthy controls (r=.69-.70).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings show that walking speeds of a short walking test and a long walking test are strongly correlated in both patients with MS and patients with stroke, whereas correlations in healthy subjects are weaker.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. dalgas@sport.au.dk
authors.forename: Ulrik
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dalgas
authors.forename: Kaare
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Severinsen
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Overgaard
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010807:Physical Endurance; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*