Expanding the use of six-minute walking test in patients with intermittent claudication

Six-minute walking test (6MWT) has been widely in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) to quantify the walking impairment and the efficacy of different therapeutic interventions. Despite the above-mentioned usefulness of 6MWT for PAD, the information provided by this test goes beyond the meters walked.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - August 11, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Fernando da Silva Sant ’anna, Heloisa Amaral Braguieri, Nelson Wolosker, Pedro Puech-Leao, Fernanda Cordoba Lanza, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Simone Dal Corso, Marilia de Almeida Correia Tags: Clinical Research, Basic Science Source Type: research