title: Six-Minute Walk Test in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy and Children Developing Typically.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) functioning at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels I to III and to compare with a sample of children with typical development (TD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 145 children with CP and 137 children with TD completed the 6MWT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean 6MWT scores were 439.57 ± 49.81 m for children functioning at GMFCS level I (n = 74), 386.74 ± 66.47 m for GMFCS level II (n = 53), 305.28 ± 66.95 m for GMFCS level III (n = 18), and 528.42 ± 67.77 m for children with TD (n = 137). Results of a pair-wise comparison showed significant differences (P < .001) between 6MWT scores of children with CP across GMFCS levels I to III and children with TD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A range of 6-minute walk distance reference values for children with spastic CP and children with TD were established.
authors.affiliation: Gait Laboratory (Dr Fitzgerald, Mr Walsh, and Mr O'Brien), Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin, Ireland; School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science (Ms Hickey and Dr Delahunt), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Diarmaid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.forename: Eamonn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delahunt
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: OʼBrien
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male