6 DYT

Table1. Summaryof theEvidencefortheMeasurement Properties of the selected Walk
Tests
Walk Test
2MWT
6MWT
12MWT
SPWT
Incremental
SWT
Endurance
SWT
Validity
+(COPD)
+ (COPD, CHF,
pacemaker,
ESLD, surgical,
PAD, elderly)
+(COPD) –
(Surgical)
+(CHF,
elderly)
+(COPD,
pacemaker)
Reliability
+(COPD, CHF,
CF, elderly
+ (COPD,
CHF,
pacemaker)
Interpretability
Responsiveness
0 +(COPD)
+(COPD, CHF)
+(COPD, CHF,
pacemaker)
+(COPD) 0 +(COPD)
+(Elderly
Elderly) 0 0
+(Pacemaker
Pacemaker) 0 -(COPD)
0 +(COPD) 0 +(COPD)
Items in parantheses denote population in which measurement proprty was examined; += evidence
to support, - = evidence to refute; 0= no evidence; CHF= congestive heart failure; CF= cistic
fibrosis; ESLD=end stage liver disease; PAD= peripheral arterial disease.