Jorquera Guillén M A, Salcedo Posadas A, Villa Asensi J R, Girón Moreno R M, Neira Rodríguez M A, Sequeiros González A
Unidad de Fibrosis Quística, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Madrid.
An Esp Pediatr. 1999 Nov;51(5):475-8.
The walking test is a useful and objective method for evaluating the tolerance for exercise in patients with chronic bronchopulmonary diseases. Our objective was to check the reproducibility of this test and evaluate whether there are differences between tests of varying duration (2 and 6 minutes) in a group of patients with cystic fibrosis.
We utilized the walking test on 29 patients who were in a stable phase and under care in the Cystic Fibrosis Unit of our hospital. Two tests were carried out, one of 2 minutes and the other of 6 minutes duration, both of which were repeated after a 15-minute interval.
The reproducibility of the walking test in this type of patient was very good and we found an excellent correlation between the two-minute test and the six-minute test. We did not observe a training effect when the test was repeated.
The two minute walking test has a high reproducibility and we propose this test, because it is shorter and more comfortable for pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis, in order to evaluate the evolution, progressive deterioration of the of the patient and the response to different types of treatments.
步行试验是评估慢性支气管肺部疾病患者运动耐受性的一种有用且客观的方法。我们的目的是检验该试验的可重复性，并评估一组囊性纤维化患者中不同时长（2分钟和6分钟）的试验之间是否存在差异。
我们对我院囊性纤维化病房中处于稳定期并正在接受治疗的29例患者进行了步行试验。进行了两项试验，一项时长2分钟，另一项时长6分钟，两项试验均在间隔15分钟后重复进行。
这类患者步行试验的可重复性非常好，我们发现两分钟试验和六分钟试验之间具有极佳的相关性。重复试验时我们未观察到训练效果。
两分钟步行试验具有很高的可重复性，我们推荐此试验，因为它用时更短，对囊性纤维化患儿来说更舒适，以便评估患者的病情进展、逐渐恶化情况以及对不同类型治疗的反应。
