Correlation of six-minute walking performance with quality of life is domain- and gender-specific in healthy older adults.

Correlation of six-minute walking performance with quality of life is domain- and gender-specific in healthy older adults.

We analyzed the relationship between performance on the 6-min walk test (6MWT) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older subjects. Our secondary aim was to determine the distance to be completed on the 6MWT for the subject to achieve a score of 50 on the Short Form (36) Health Survey (SF-3...

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Main Authors: Andrey Jorge Serra, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho, Fernanda Lanza, Camila de Amorim Flandes, Shirley Cardoso Silva, Frank Shiguemitsu Suzuki, Danilo Sales Bocalini, Erinaldo Andrade, Cezar Casarin, José Antonio Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117359

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