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Accelerometer-based quantification of 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure: applicability in telemedicine.
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May 2009
Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine and Institute for Medical Statistics, Munich, Germany.
Background: Distance walked in the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is an important prognostic parameter used clinically to assess functional status in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). In this study, we investigated if alternative performance parameters with similar prognostic value can be gained from accelerometers.
Methods And Results: Fifty CHF patients (age, 60.