Six-minute walk test in children with chronic respiratory disease

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.

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Published

2016-04-27

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Okuro RT, Gonçalves RM, Asumpção MS de, Scalco JC, Schivinski CIS. Six-minute walk test in children with chronic respiratory disease. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2016 Apr. 27 [cited 2024 Jul. 4];14(4):524-31. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/5651

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