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  • Title: Relations between 6 minute walking distance and 10 meter walking speed in patients with multiple sclerosis and stroke.
    Author: Dalgas U, Severinsen K, Overgaard K.
    Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 2012 Jul; 93(7):1167-72. PubMed ID: 22421626.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between a short walking test and a long walking test in patients with walking disability due to multiple sclerosis (MS) or stroke. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING: University hospital and sport science department. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with MS (n=38), patients with stroke (n=48), and healthy subjects (n=46). Patients were participants in other clinical trials. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Walking speed in a 10m walk test and a 6 minute walk test was compared. RESULTS: Despite differences in absolute walking speed between long and short tests, strong correlations were found between both the tests in patients with MS (r=.95) and in patients with stroke (r=.94), whereas a more moderate correlation was found in healthy controls (r=.69-.70). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show that walking speeds of a short walking test and a long walking test are strongly correlated in both patients with MS and patients with stroke, whereas correlations in healthy subjects are weaker.
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