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Title of Assessment
Acronym
6MWT
Instrument Reviewer(s)
Summary Date
4/20/2012
Purpose
Description
Area of Assessment
Body Part
Not Applicable
ICF Domain
Activity
Domain
Motor
Assessment Type
Observer
Length of Test
06 to 30 Minutes
Time to Administer
6 minutes
Number of Items
Not Applicable
Equipment Required
Stop watch
Measuring wheel to measure distance (recommended)
Training Required
No training required
No Training
Cost
Free
Actual Cost
Free
Age Range
Preschool Child: 2-5 years; Child: 6-12 years; Adult: 18-64 years; Elderly adult:
65+
Administration Mode
Paper/Pencil
Diagnosis
Populations Tested
Pulmonary disease
Heart failure
Stroke
Spinal cord injury
Geriatrics
Fibromyalgia
Multiple sclerosis
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Parkinsons Disease
Standard Error of
Measurement (SEM)
Geriatrics and Stroke: (Perera et al, 2006; Strength training trial: n = 100
older adults with mobility disabilities; mean age = 77.6 (7.6) years;
Intervention trial: n = 100 geriatrics w/ mild to moderate mobility limitations
and stroke; mean time since stroke onset 76 (28) days; mean age = 69.8
(10.3) years)
SEM for strenth training trial = 21 meters
SEM for interventional trial = 22 meters
Chronic Stroke: (Flansbjer et al, 2005; n = 50; mean age = 58 (6.4) years;
mean time since stroke onset 15 (5) months)
SEM = 18.6 meters
Acute SCI: (Lam et al, 2008; SCI measures meta analysis; Incomplete SCI;
C2-L1; < 12 months post injury)
SEM = 16.5 meters
Minimally Clinically
Important Difference
(MCID)
Cut-Off Scores
Not Established
Normative Data
Community-dwelling Elderly: (Steffen et al, 2002; n = 96 communitydwelling elderly people with independent function who are nonsmokers with
no history of dizziness; mean age = 73 (8) years)
MCID = 50 meters
Male
Female
60-69yrs
572m
538m
70-79yrs
527m
471m
80-89yrs
417m
392m
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Male
Female
3-5yrs
6-8yrs
9-11yrs
Walking Speed
(m/s) over 15.2m
p
value
66
0.64 (0.06)
0.72 (0.05)
.14
69
0.79 (0.05)
0.92 (0.06)
.29
12
70
0.88 (0.06)
1.08 (0.06)
.001
*Gait speed collected over 6 minutes and 10 meters were only significantly
correlated after 12 months
Chronic SCI: (Olmos et al, 2008; n = 18 participants with ASIA D grade SCI
more than 6 months from injury; tested three times each with a 60 minute
interval between test runs, in a Physical Therapy gym versus community; age
range = 16-75 years)
Six-Minute Walking Test (m)
6 MWT gym 6 MWT community
Mean
382.39
401.44
Median
371.75
367.80
SD
120.988
130.276
Min
151
151
Max
560
584
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Internal Consistency
Not Established
Criterion Validity
(Predictive/Concurrent)
Chronic Stroke: (Patterson et al, 2007, n = 74, mean age = 64 (10) years;
time since stroke onset 48 (59) months; dichotomized based on median
speed)
Results indicate that faster walkers had significantly higher
(p<.02) values on:
Berg Balance Scale
VO2 peak measurements
Distance during the 6MWT
Paretic leg strength
Nonparetic leg strength
Spinal Cord Injury: (van Hedel et al, 2005)
Excellent concurrent validity with:
Timed Up and Go (r = -0.88)
10 Meter Walk Test (r = -0.95)
WISCI II (r = 0.60)
Elderly: (Harada et al, 1999; n = 86 older adults without significant disease;
35 were recruited from retirement homes and 57 from community centers;
mean age = 75 (6) years)
Excellent concurrent validity with:
Chair stands (r = 0.67)
Gait speed (r = -0.73)
Adequate concurrent validity with:
Standing balance (r = 0.52)
SCI: (Lam et al, 2008)
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Content Validity
SCI: (Jackson et al, 2008; n = 54 expert raters asked to assess each measure
in three categories: valid or useful, useful but requires validation or
changes/improvements, not useful or valid for research in SCI)
Expert Evaluations:
Measure
Valid or
Useful but
Useful requires validation
10 Meter
Walk Test
32 (60%)
6 Minute
Walk Test
FIM-L
Total
Votes
20 (38%)
1 (2%)
53
19 (37%)
30 (58%)
3 (6%)
52
3 (6%)
18 (36%)
29 (58%)
50
Votes (%)
Face Validity
Not Established
Floor/Ceiling Effects
Not Established
Responsiveness
Professional Association
Recommendations
Considerations
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Year published
1982
Yes
Approval Status
Approved
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