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The Six Minute Walk Test: Influence of Instruction on Results

NCT01789996 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2020-06-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Two - four 6MWT performed according to ATS standards. Each walk however had specifically altered wording and coaching performed in random order to determine differences in outcomes. One walk was done in the standard ATS fashion. One was done coaching to walk as fast as the patient can walk. One was coached to walk at the patients normal walking pace. One was coached to walk at the patient's leisure walking pace.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

alternative six minute walk test

Alternate instructions will be given Subjects will 1. walk as fast as they can in 6 minutes 2. walk as normally as they can in 6 minutes 3. walk leisurely as they can in 6 minutes. Pts will serve as their own controls.

PROCEDURE

Standard six minute walk test

Subjects will walk as far as they can in 6 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Inova Health Care Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven D Nathan, MD · Inova Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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