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Six-minute-walk test in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: test validation and minimal clinically important difference.
Roland M du Bois
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Derek Weycker ,
Carlo Albera ,
Williamson Z Bradford ,
Ulrich Costabel ,
Alex Kartashov ,
Lisa Lancaster ,
Paul W Noble ,
Steven A Sahn ,
Javier Szwarcberg ,
Michiel Thomeer ,
Dominique Valeyre ,
Talmadge E King
May 01 2011
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Abstract
The 6-minute-walk test (6MWT) is a practical and clinically meaningful measure of exercise tolerance with favorable performance characteristics in various cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Performance characteristics in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have not been systematically evaluated.