The six-minute walking test in children with cystic fibrosis: Reliability and validity

Cardiorespiratory measurements during field tests in CF: Use of an ambulatory monitoring system

“…The 6MWT (endurance test) and the MST (peak test) are frequently used, both in the CF clinical setting and as an endpoint in clinical trials, and offer the opportunity to examine the full range of physiological responses (i.e., resting ventilation to ventilation experienced during exercise) 1, 2. This study confirms previous findings showing that performance (distance completed) is reliable for both the 6MWT and the MST 13, 19, 20…”

Six Minute Walk Test (6mwt) in Various Pediatric Conditions: A Literature Review

“…Moreover, the particular construct of the 6MWT in each case seems to depend largely on both the origin and severity of the functional limitations. The 6MWT reflects maximal exercise capacity in pediatric patients with moderate to severe pulmonary and cardiovascular conditions such as cystic fibrosis [25], congenital heart disease [32] but sub maximal exercise capacity in other chronic conditions [33,34,11]. This finding is in accordance with a prior study regarding the adult population [41].…”

Nutritional Status, Muscle Strength and Functional Capacity in Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis

“…In this study, it was demonstrated that most patients had good clinical conditions due to the high prevalence of mild obstructive ventilatory disorder and excellent Shwachman-Kulczycki score, which may explain the adequate functional capacity values, that is, distance travelled of 96.9±9.5% of value predicted in 6MWT. A similar result was obtained by Gulmans et al, 18 who, when evaluating the reproducibility of the 6MWT in 23 children and adolescents with CF, found high values related to the distance covered in a sample that also had little impairment of pulmonary function.…”