Abstract
A treadmill exercise test with VO2max measurement in elderly patients with CHF is difficult to accomplish. On the contrary, the 6 MW gives a good impression of the remaining exercise capacity. It is well correlated with the treadmill test. The 6 MW is well tolerated by elderly patients and differentiates between NYHA classes II and III. Untrained controls could not be differentiated from NYHA class II patients.
Keywords
Heart failureMedicinePhysical therapyPopulationTest (biology)Elderly peopleCardiologyInternal medicineGerontology
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- 51A
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- 4
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- M147-M151
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Patrick Peeters,
Tony Mets
(1996).
The 6-Minute Walk as an Appropriate Exercise Test in Elderly Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.
The Journals of Gerontology Series A
, 51A
(4)
, M147-M151.
https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/51a.4.m147
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- 10.1093/gerona/51a.4.m147