Comparison of the six-minute walk test performed over a 15 and 30 m course by children with cerebral palsy
(2023) In BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 24(1).- Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to compare performance on the six-minute walk test (6MWT) performed over 15 m and 30 m courses by children and youths with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: Children and youths with CP at Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I–IV performed the 6MWT in a straight 15 m-long corridor (first trial) and 30 m-long corridor (second trial). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman plots were used to evaluate the agreement between the 6MWT results for the two corridor lengths. Results: We included 82 children and youths with CP (36 girls, 46 boys), with a mean age of 11.7 years (SD 4.2, range 5–22 years). There was high agreement between the results of the two 6MWTs: ICC 0.93... (More)
Background: The aim of this study was to compare performance on the six-minute walk test (6MWT) performed over 15 m and 30 m courses by children and youths with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: Children and youths with CP at Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I–IV performed the 6MWT in a straight 15 m-long corridor (first trial) and 30 m-long corridor (second trial). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman plots were used to evaluate the agreement between the 6MWT results for the two corridor lengths. Results: We included 82 children and youths with CP (36 girls, 46 boys), with a mean age of 11.7 years (SD 4.2, range 5–22 years). There was high agreement between the results of the two 6MWTs: ICC 0.93 (95% confidence interval 0.76–0.97). The total walking distance was longer for the 30 m course (median 399 m, range 44–687 m) than the 15 m course (median 357 m, range 24–583 m). Conclusions: We observed good agreement for the performance of the 6MWT in the 15 m and 30 m courses, although the total walking distance was greater for the 30 m course. We recommend that the same distance is used when evaluating changes in walking ability for an individual child. Both distances are appropriate when measuring endurance in children and youths with CP.
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- Krasny, Joanna ; Jozwiak, Marek and Rodby-Bousquet, Elisabet LU
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- 2023-12
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adolescents, Cerebral palsy, Children, Measurement, Walking
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- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 34
- publisher
- BioMed Central (BMC)
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- pmid:36650438
- scopus:85146332704
- ISSN
- 1471-2474
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12891-022-05944-z
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 704f2758-dfdb-4b08-83be-43e95a0a91cb
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title = {{Comparison of the six-minute walk test performed over a 15 and 30 m course by children with cerebral palsy}},
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