The purpose of this study is to find an alternative to the six minute walk test by validating six minute step test and four metre gait speed in healthy children. Both tests were previously validated in adults and are easier to achieve in non-hospital settings.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
74
Clinique universitaire Saint-Luc
Brussels, Belgium
Walked distance
The distance walked by subjects during a 6 minute walk test
Time frame: At 6 minutes
Steps count
Steps number raised and lowered by subject during a 6 minute step test
Time frame: At 6 minutes
Time
Time to walk four metres
Time frame: at 1 minute
6MWT speed
Subjects speed (number of metres/minute) during the 6 minute walk test
Time frame: at 6 minutes
6MST speed
Number of steps/minute during the 6 minute step test
Time frame: at 6 minutes
4MGS speed
Number of metres/second during the four metre gait speed
Time frame: at 1 minute
Dyspnea
Dyspnea is measured by a visual analogue scale
Time frame: at 6 minutes
Perceived exertion
Percieve exertion is measured by a perceive exertion scale
Time frame: at 6 minutes
Heart rate
Heart rate was measured after each test
Time frame: at 6 minutes
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Oxygen saturation
Oxygen saturation was measured after each test
Time frame: at 6 minutes