Reference Equations for the Six-Minute Walk Distance in the Healthy Chinese Han Population, Aged 18–30 Years

Abstract Background The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a safe, simple, inexpensive tool for evaluating the functional exercise capacity. However, there is a lack of standard reference equations for the six-minute walk distance (6MWD) in the healthy Chinese Han population with an age of 18–30 years....

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Main Authors: He Zou, Jia Zhang, Xiaoshu Chen, Yi Wang, Wei Lin, Jianfeng Lin, Hao Chen, Jingye Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-017-0461-z