Chetta et al developed equations for predicting the six minute walking distance (6MWD) in healthy Caucasian adults. The authors are from the University of Parma and IRCCS Rehabiliation Institute of Tradate in Italy.
Patient selection: age 20 to 50 years of age, healthy Italians
Length of corridor used: 30 meters
Parameters:
(1) age in years
(2) gender (0 if male, 1 if female)
(3) height in centimeters
predicted distance in meters =
= (1.250 * (height in cm)) - (2.816 * (age)) - (39.07 * (points for gender)) + 518.853
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