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Substantiating Appropriate Motion Capture Techniques for the Assessment of Nordic Walking Gait and Posture in Older Adults
Published on: May 12, 2016
Assessment of a self-administered adapted 6-minute walk test
HuiYun Du1, Patricia M Davidson, Bronwyn Everett
1Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. h.du@curtin.edu.au
Purpose:
This study assessed the reliability and viability of the Home-Heart-Walk (HHW) test, adapting a standardized 6-minute walk test protocol for self-administration.
Methods:
Twenty-nine volunteers with documented coronary heart disease (CHD) undertook a structured 7-day program using the HHW.
Results:
The intervention was well received by participants. The intraclass correlation coefficient of the test distance over 7 days was 0.98, and the correlations between investigator and participant measures were high (r = 0.99 for day 1 [first test], r = 0.99 for day 1 [second test], and r = 0.99 on day 7).
Conclusion:
These data demonstrate the potential of the HHW as a tool to promote and monitor physical activity in community-based settings. These observations require further investigation and testing in other populations.
