PMID- 29361830
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190905
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1479-9731 (Electronic)
IS  - 1479-9723 (Print)
IS  - 1479-9723 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
DP  - 2018 Nov
TI  - Is there a learning effect when the 6-minute walk test is repeated in people with 
      suspected pulmonary hypertension?
PG  - 339-346
LID - 10.1177/1479972317752762 [doi]
AB  - The aim of the study was to determine if there was a difference in 6-minute walk 
      distance (6MWD) when two 6-minute walk tests (6MWTs) were performed at the 
      initial assessment prior to attendance at the pulmonary hypertension (PH) clinic 
      and at the 6-month follow-up. Two 6MWTs were performed at both visits on a 32-m 
      continuous track in the physiotherapy hospital outpatient setting using standard 
      instructions and encouragement. Two hundred and fourteen participants completed 
      two 6MWTs at the initial assessment and 71 participants at the 6-month follow-up 
      (mean (standard deviation) age: 57 (16) years; body mass index: 27 (6) kg/m(2)). 
      Using the better 6MWT, the mean distances walked were 429 (136) and 447 (130) m, 
      respectively. There was a significant increase in 6MWD when a second 6MWT was 
      performed at initial assessment (mean difference [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 
      19 m (14-24), p < 0.001) and at the follow-up (mean difference [95% CI]: 19 m 
      (10-27), p < 0.001) but not in those who walked <300 m at the initial assessment 
      (mean difference [95% CI]: 9 m (-5 to 22), p = 0.208). There were no adverse 
      events during testing. Prior to attendance at the PH Clinic when people are asked 
      to perform the 6MWT for the first time and at the 6-month follow-up, two walk 
      tests should be performed in order to eliminate a learning effect and to ensure 
      accuracy of measurement.
FAU - Spencer, Lissa
AU  - Spencer L
AD  - 1 Department of Physiotherapy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, 
      NSW, Australia.
FAU - Zafiropoulos, Bill
AU  - Zafiropoulos B
AD  - 1 Department of Physiotherapy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, 
      NSW, Australia.
FAU - Denniss, Wendy
AU  - Denniss W
AD  - 1 Department of Physiotherapy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, 
      NSW, Australia.
FAU - Fowler, Dot
AU  - Fowler D
AD  - 2 Department of Rheumatology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, 
      NSW, Australia.
FAU - Alison, Jennifer
AU  - Alison J
AD  - 1 Department of Physiotherapy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, 
      NSW, Australia.
AD  - 3 Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 
      Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
FAU - Celermajer, David
AU  - Celermajer D
AD  - 4 Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, 
      NSW, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180123
PL  - England
TA  - Chron Respir Dis
JT  - Chronic respiratory disease
JID - 101197408
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Exercise Tolerance
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension, Pulmonary/*physiopathology
MH  - *Learning
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - *Walk Test
MH  - Walking/physiology
PMC - PMC6234568
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - 6-minute walk test
OT  - Pulmonary hypertension
COIS- Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential 
      conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or 
      publication of this article.
EDAT- 2018/01/25 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/07 06:00
PMCR- 2018/11/01
CRDT- 2018/01/25 06:00
PHST- 2018/01/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/01/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1177_1479972317752762 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/1479972317752762 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chron Respir Dis. 2018 Nov;15(4):339-346. doi: 10.1177/1479972317752762. Epub 
      2018 Jan 23.