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Two-minute walk test: Reference equations for healthy adults in China

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although the six-minute walk test (6MWT) is widely used as a measure of exercise capacity, it may not be applicable in some settings and populations. This issue has led to increased use of the two-minute walk test (2MWT) to assess exercise capacity. The main objective of th...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jia, Chen, Xiaoshu, Huang, Shiwei, Wang, Yi, Lin, Wei, Zhou, Rui, Zou, He
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30092036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201988
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author Zhang, Jia
Chen, Xiaoshu
Huang, Shiwei
Wang, Yi
Lin, Wei
Zhou, Rui
Zou, He
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Chen, Xiaoshu
Huang, Shiwei
Wang, Yi
Lin, Wei
Zhou, Rui
Zou, He
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although the six-minute walk test (6MWT) is widely used as a measure of exercise capacity, it may not be applicable in some settings and populations. This issue has led to increased use of the two-minute walk test (2MWT) to assess exercise capacity. The main objective of this study is to establish reference equations for the two-minute walk distance (2MWD) in healthy Chinese adults aged 18–85 years. METHODS: A total of 973 volunteers took part in the study. We obtained verbal consent from all participants before the test, and the study design was approved by the ethics committees of Wenzhou People's Hospital. The participants performed two 2MWTs using a standardized protocol, and the longer distance was used for further analysis. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed using age, height and weight as independent variables and was used to establish the reference equations for the 2MWD in the male and female groups. RESULTS: The mean walking distance for all participants was 199.1±25.81 m. Age and height were identified as independent factors that influenced the 2MWD, and they explained 35% and 34% of the variance in distance for the male and female groups, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study resulted in determination of reference equations for predicting the 2MWD in healthy Chinese adults. These 2MWD standards will provide useful references for medical care in some settings and populations.
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spelling pubmed-60850602018-08-18 Two-minute walk test: Reference equations for healthy adults in China Zhang, Jia Chen, Xiaoshu Huang, Shiwei Wang, Yi Lin, Wei Zhou, Rui Zou, He PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although the six-minute walk test (6MWT) is widely used as a measure of exercise capacity, it may not be applicable in some settings and populations. This issue has led to increased use of the two-minute walk test (2MWT) to assess exercise capacity. The main objective of this study is to establish reference equations for the two-minute walk distance (2MWD) in healthy Chinese adults aged 18–85 years. METHODS: A total of 973 volunteers took part in the study. We obtained verbal consent from all participants before the test, and the study design was approved by the ethics committees of Wenzhou People's Hospital. The participants performed two 2MWTs using a standardized protocol, and the longer distance was used for further analysis. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed using age, height and weight as independent variables and was used to establish the reference equations for the 2MWD in the male and female groups. RESULTS: The mean walking distance for all participants was 199.1±25.81 m. Age and height were identified as independent factors that influenced the 2MWD, and they explained 35% and 34% of the variance in distance for the male and female groups, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study resulted in determination of reference equations for predicting the 2MWD in healthy Chinese adults. These 2MWD standards will provide useful references for medical care in some settings and populations. Public Library of Science 2018-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6085060/ /pubmed/30092036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201988 Text en © 2018 Zhang et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Zhang, Jia
Chen, Xiaoshu
Huang, Shiwei
Wang, Yi
Lin, Wei
Zhou, Rui
Zou, He
Two-minute walk test: Reference equations for healthy adults in China
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title_short Two-minute walk test: Reference equations for healthy adults in China
title_sort two-minute walk test: reference equations for healthy adults in china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30092036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201988
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