Changes in derived measures from six-minute walk distance following home-based exercise training in congestive heart failure: A preliminary report.
The response of derived parameters from six-minute walk distance (6MWD), like 6MW work (6MWW), to exercise training and its correlation with quality of life (QoL) in congestive heart failure (CHF) is not known. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial on 30 patients (23 males; mean age 57.7±10.4 years; mean ejection fraction 31±10%) with CHF in NYHA class I-IV who completed an eight-week home-based exercise training program found a significant improvement in 6MWW (p<0.05), with similar correlations between 6MWD and 6MWW with QoL. 6MWW does not appear to provide additional benefit to 6MWD in cardiac rehabilitation for CHF.
['Babu|Abraham Samuel|AS|', 'Desai|Charmie V|CV|', 'Maiya|Arun G|AG|', 'Guddattu|Vasudeva|V|', 'Padmakumar|Ramachandran|R|']
D005081:Exercise Therapy D017079:Exercise Tolerance D005260:Female D005500:Follow-Up Studies D006333:Heart Failure D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D011788:Quality of Life D013997:Time Factors D016138:Walking
Six-minute walk distance Exercise Heart failure Quality of life Cardiac rehabilitation