Taber's Medical Dictionary
six-minute walk test, 6-minute walk test
An exercise-tolerance test used to assess functional capabilities, e.g., in people with chronic obstructive lung disease, heart failure, or orthopedic/arthritic diseases. It measures the distance a person is able to walk back and forth on a hard, flat surface in a given time.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Six-minute Walk Test, 6-minute Walk Test." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773919/all/6_minute_walk_test.
Six-minute walk test, 6-minute walk test. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773919/all/6_minute_walk_test. Accessed April 14, 2025.
Six-minute walk test, 6-minute walk test. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773919/all/6_minute_walk_test
Six-minute Walk Test, 6-minute Walk Test [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 14]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773919/all/6_minute_walk_test.
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