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Six-minute walk test protocol variations in low-resource settings – A scoping review

BACKGROUND: The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is a validated tool, of submaximal intensity, used to objectively measure functional exercise capacity. In 2002, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) developed guidelines on standardising the implementation of the 6MWT. Despite the relative ease of conducting th...

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Autores principales: Fell, Brittany L., Hanekom, Susan, Heine, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34230901
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v77i1.1549