La Tunisie médicale
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La Tunisie médicale · Dec 2016
Heart Rate Beat-to-Beat Slope Change during Six-Minute Walk Test: a Useful Clinical Tool for Estimating Fitness level.
The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is one of the most common exercise tests and is used to estimate the level of physical fitness. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of the beat-to-beat heart rate 6MWT slope (6MWTS) and recovery slope for predicting and estimating the level of physical fitness during 6MWT, instead of depending on the distance covered during the test. ⋯ Our findings suggest that both 6MWTS and recovery slope can predict 6MWTD.