{"id":6956,"date":"2012-04-22T09:24:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T09:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=6956"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:51:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:21:28","slug":"6-minute-walk-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/6-minute-walk-test\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Minute Walk Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RsT-JSCzNVc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">6 minute walk test<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>6 minute walk test<\/strong> is a simple test to estimate the functional capacity in patients who cannot perform a conventional exercise test like treadmill test, mostly for older patients, those with heart failure, claudication or orthopedic problems. Subject is asked to walk along a hundred feet corridor at their own pace so as to cover the maximum possible distance in six minutes. Total distance covered is found out and symptoms if any recorded. 6\u00a0minute walk test is taken as a standard in many trials for heart failure and other conditions which limit exercise capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 minute walk test is a simple test to estimate the functional capacity in patients who cannot perform a conventional exercise test like treadmill test. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>6 minute walk test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"6 minute walk test is a simple 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