Six-Minute Walk Test: Reference Values and Prediction Equation in Healthy Boys Aged 5 to12 Years
| العنوان: | Six-Minute Walk Test: Reference Values and Prediction Equation in Healthy Boys Aged 5 to12 Years |
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| المؤلفون: | Liese Verstraete, Hilde Feys, Katrijn Klingels, Charlotte Peeters, Marleen Van den Hauwe, Gunnar Buyse, Nathalie Goemans, Stefanie Boons |
| المساهمون: | Schuelke, Markus |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 12, p e84120 (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Percentile, medicine.medical_specialty, Anatomy and Physiology, Science, Population, Walking, Developmental and Pediatric Neurology, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, Muscular Dystrophies, Child Development, Predictive Value of Tests, Reference Values, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Humans, Medicine, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Exercise physiology, Child, education, Musculoskeletal System, Exercise, education.field_of_study, Models, Statistical, Multidisciplinary, Anthropometry, business.industry, Age Factors, Neuromuscular Diseases, Test (assessment), Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne, Neurology, Anthropology, Child, Preschool, Predictive value of tests, Reference values, Ambulatory, Exercise Test, Physical therapy, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Physical Anthropology, business, Research Article |
| الوصف: | ObjectiveThis study aimed to (1) generate normative data in healthy boys aged 5-12 years for the six-minute walk test (6MWT), an outcome measure currently used in clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), (2) to describe the relation with anthropometric variables and myometry, and (3) to compare our data with published equations.MethodsThe 6MWT was conducted in 442 boys according to a standardized protocol, as currently used in clinical trials in DMD. Maximal voluntary isometric contractions for knee flexion and extension were recorded with a hand-held myometer.ResultsThe 6MWD increased significantly with age, from 478.0 ± 44.1 m at age 5, to 650.0 ± 76.8 m at age 12, with the steepest increase between 5 and 8 years. Age- and height related percentile curves of the 6MWD were developed. Correlations with anthropometric variables were fair to good (age r = 0.60, height r = 0.57, weight r = 0.44). Myometric variables (knee flexors and extensors) showed correlations of 0.46 and 0.50 respectively. When dividing into two age categories (5-8 years, 9-12 years), these magnitudes of correlations only applied to the younger age group. Additionally, predicted values were calculated according to available reference equations (Geiger and Ben Saad), indicating an overestimation by those equations. Finally, the Geiger equation was refitted to our population.ConclusionThe percentile curves according to age and height provide a useful tool in the assessment of ambulatory capacity in boys aged 5 to 12 years. Significant correlations with anthropometric variables and myometry were only found in the 5-8 years age group. The Geiger prediction equation, currently used to assess ambulatory capacity in DMD was refitted to obtain a more accurate prediction model based on a large sample with a homogenous distribution across the age categories 5 to 12 years and applying the methodology as currently used in clinical trials in DMD. |
| وصف الملف: | Electronic-eCollection |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b0c25a0a7d454c409bf86723cbcfdda7Test https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084120Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b0c25a0a7d454c409bf86723cbcfdda7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19326203 |
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