J Neuroeng Rehabil
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The 6-minute walk test (6MWT: the maximum distance walked in 6 minutes) is used by rehabilitation professionals as a measure of exercise capacity. Today's smartphones contain hardware that can be used for wearable sensor applications and mobile data analysis. A smartphone application can run the 6MWT and provide typically unavailable biomechanical information about how the person moves during the test. ⋯ These results demonstrated that clinically relevant 6MWT results can be achieved with typical smartphone hardware and a novel algorithm.