Teste de caminhada de seis minutos em crianças com doença respiratória crônica

Renata Tieme Okuro; Renata Maba Gonçalves; Maíra Seabra de Asumpção; Janaína Cristina Scalco; Camila Isabel Santos Schivinski

doi:10.5585/conssaude.v14n4.5651

Authors

Renata Tieme Okuro Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Renata Maba Gonçalves Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Maíra Seabra de Asumpção Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Janaína Cristina Scalco Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Camila Isabel Santos Schivinski Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v14n4.5651

Keywords:

Exercise test, Child, Cystic fibrosis, Mouth breathing.

Abstract

Introduction: the six-minute walk test (6MWT) is widely used to assess functional capacity in children because of its easy administration and low cost. Objective: to evaluate and compare the performance of healthy children (CG), cystic fibrosis (CFG) and syndrome of mouth breathing (MBG) the 6MWT. Method: controlled comparative cross-sectional study. There were two 6MWT (6MWT1 and 6MWT2) as recommended by the American Thoracic Society. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test was used and for comparison of the two 6MWT in each group, there was the paired t-test and ANOVA later post-hoc Bonferroni for the distances (D6MWT). Results: 51 children participated (8 to 12 years), 17 per group. In comparing the D6MWT, only the CFG got underperformed the CG in both 6MWT (p = 0.001). Conclusion: the lowest performance by CFG strengthens the 6MWT as a sensitive instrument for assessing exercise capacity of children with chronic lung disease.