The reliability of walking tests in people with claudication.

Objective: To contrast the reliability of the 6-min walking test (6MW) with that of the shuttle walking test (SWT) in patients with intermittent claudication attributable to peripheral obstructive arterial disease (POAD), and to examine the relationships of the walking tests, medical outcomes, and hemodynamic variables.

Design: Twenty-three patients were randomly assigned to perform both walking tests on two different occasions. Total distance walked (DW), time of pain onset (PO), and time of limiting claudicating symptom (TLS) were analyzed.

Reliability of a portable gas analyzer during a 5-min walk test.

Objective: To determine the reliability of a gas analyzer while assessing oxygen consumption (.VO2) during a 5-min walking test.

Design: Forty healthy participants were connected to the KB1-C and walked for 5 mins on a 5-m walkway.

Reliability of measures of gait performance and oxygen consumption with stroke survivors.

This study assessed the reliability of gait performance with concurrent measures of oxygen consumption (VO2) in stroke survivors (SS). Nine male SS (60.00 +/- 15.

Back pain, physical function, and estimates of aerobic capacity: what are the relationships among methods and measures?

Objectives: To establish the correlations of measures of self-reported disability, self-efficacy, physical performance, level of pain, and estimates of aerobic capacity (PvO2 ) in subjects with low back pain.

Design: Fifty-one low back pain subjects, ranging in age from 26 to 65 yr, entered the study. Participants completed the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and the self-efficacy questionnaire.