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Standardization of 6 Minute Walk Test

NCT01399983 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2012-03-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The 6 minute walk (6MW) gives information about the exercise capacity and it is an important tool for clinical decisions and for the prognostic evaluation of PH patients. The test is technically simple to perform, inexpensive and reproducible. During the 6MW O2 saturation, heart rate, walking distance (in this study after every minute) and the level of dyspnea (BORG-dyspnea scale) may be recorded; however, at present, mainly the walking distance is evaluated. The test is sometimes criticized, because of the dependence on the patient's motivation.

The purpose of the present study is to standardize the test by the incorporation of objective factors. The investigators are correlating the change of heart rate and dyspnea (BORG scale) with the achieved walking distance during subsequent examinations performed with different effort.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Hypertension

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Graz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Horst Olschewski, MD · Medical University of Graz

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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