The six minutes stepper test (6MST) was used assess exercise capacity of individuals having different chronic conditions. In the literature, there are some validation studies analyzing validity of 6MST. In this study, the main aim was to analyse validation of 6MST in hypertensive individuals.
6MST is a space-safe, feasible and sensitive test to assess exercise capacity. In the literature, there are lots of field tests assessing exercise capacity of individuals with chronic status. But common field tests eg 6MWT requires long spaces and it could become an important barrier in clinical settings. Hypertension is a common chronic disease and hypertensive individuals are important candidates of cardiac rehabilitation. As an important outcome assesing exercise capacity are very important before and after cardiac rehabilitation. In this study, the main aim was to investigate reliability and validity of 6MST in systemic hypertension.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Patients were applied two 6MST and 6MWT. 6MWT was conducted to test convergent validity of 6MST.
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
exercise capacity
steps during 6MST
Time frame: through study completion two day
functional capacity
walking distance during 6MWT
Time frame: through study completion two day
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