Preferred Label : 6 Minute Walk Functional Test;
NCIt synonyms : 6MWT;
NCIt related terms : SIX MINUTE WALK; SIXMW1;
NCIt definition : A standardized rating scale developed by Bruno Blake in 1963, which is a performance-based
evaluation of functional exercise capacity in subjects with chronic respiratory disease
and heart failure, as well as other populations such as healthy older adults and people
suffering from fibromyalgia and scleroderma. This functional test contains 6 items
and measures the distance an individual is able to walk over a total of six minutes
on a hard, flat surface.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: 6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT) (Goldman MD, Marrie RA, Cohen JA. Evaluation of the
six-minute walk in multiple sclerosis subjects and healthy controls. Multiple Sclerosis
2008; 14: 383-390).;
Origin ID : C115789;
UMLS CUI : C3900196;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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