Prescription of walking exercise intensity from the 6-minute walk test in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Purpose: The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is widely used in clinical practice, particularly to assess functional exercise capacity and to prescribe walking training intensity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the actual walking intensity prescribed from the 6MWT, in terms of percent peak oxygen uptake (%(Equation is included in full-text article.)O2peak) and percent (Equation is included in full-text article.