Field tests of exercise in COPD: the six-minute walk test and the shuttle walk test

Cynthia D Brown; Robert A Wise

doi:10.1080/15412550701480125

Field tests of exercise in COPD: the six-minute walk test and the shuttle walk test

COPD. 2007 Sep;4(3):217-23. doi: 10.1080/15412550701480125.

Authors

Cynthia D Brown¹, Robert A Wise

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. rwise@jhmi.edu

PMID: 17729065
DOI: 10.1080/15412550701480125

Abstract

Exercise testing is useful to assess the degree of disability, prognosis for survival, presence of exercise-induced hypoxemia, and response to treatment in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Simple walking tests have been developed and are increasingly used in assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients for clinical and research purposes. This article reviews how these tests are performed and to what degree they are reliable, and how these tests are used in assessment of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Exercise Test / methods*
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy
Reproducibility of Results
Walking