The Reliability of Walking Tests in People with Claudication

Abstract

Both the 6MW and the SWT are reliable walking tests for claudicant patients. However, the reliability coefficients obtained with the SWT are higher, the measurements are less variable, and there were better associations between this walking test and hemodynamic variables.

Reliability of Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Responses During Incremental Shuttle Walk Test in Adult Subjects With Asthma

“…22 The expected ICC was consistent with the mean ICC for the ISWD as verified in 7 previous studies that tested its reliability (range 0.80 -0.99). 13,[23][24][25][26][27][28] Variance analysis comparing the ISWD and the cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses between the second and third ISWT was performed with a paired t test or its corresponding nonparametric test, the Wilcoxon test.…”

Reliability of treadmill testing in peripheral arterial disease: A meta-regression analysis

“…A large discrepancy has been reported between walking ability and claudication walking distances as measured on a treadmill, [2][3][4] implying that treadmill assessments may not be representative of daily life walking ability. Alternative more simple tests include a 6-minute walking test, 16,54 a shuttle walkingtest, 16,45 a PADHOC device, 22 and a global positioning system (GPS) device. 55 Furthermore, a simple questionnaire like the Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) could be used in properly designed trials.…”

Correlação entre o índice tornozelo-braço antes e após teste de deslocamento bidirecional progressivo

“…3,5 The SWT was chosen due to its standardization, less influence as to patient encouragement, advantages to develop ground walking at incremental speeds, besides presenting more stability in reproducibility measurements. 13 McDermontt et al suggested that the ABI measured after physical activity could potentially have better correlation levels with performance than the ABI-r, since individuals with POAD could have a fall of more than 25% in ABI-e. 5,14 In the present study, there was a reduction of around 36% in the index obtained after effort, but there was no substantial correlation between this index and measures of time, speed or distance of symptom onset or limiting symptom. Correlation between ABI-r and functional variables was small and not significant.…”