Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico.
J Bras Pneumol. 2011 Jan-Feb;37(1):110-7. doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132011000100016.
Over the last few years, the use of exercise tests has come to be recognized as a convenient method of evaluating respiratory function, because the reserves of the various systems in the human body should be known in order to provide a more complete portrayal of the functional capacities of the patient. Because walking is one of the main activities of daily living, walk tests have been proposed in order to measure the state or the functional capacity of patients. The six-minute walk test has proven to be reproducible and is well tolerated by patients. It evaluates the distance a person can walk on a flat, rigid surface in six minutes. Its main objective is to determine exercise tolerance and oxygen saturation during submaximal exercise. In this review, we present various clinical areas in which the test can provide useful data.
在过去的几年中，运动试验的使用已经被认为是评估呼吸功能的一种方便方法，因为人体的各种系统的储备量应该被了解，以便更完整地描述患者的功能能力。由于行走是日常生活中的主要活动之一，因此提出了行走测试，以测量患者的状态或功能能力。六分钟步行测试已被证明具有可重复性并且患者易于耐受。它评估一个人在六分钟内在平坦，坚硬的表面上可以行走的距离。其主要目的是确定亚最大运动期间的运动耐量和氧饱和度。在本综述中，我们介绍了该测试可以提供有用数据的各种临床领域。
