Gait speed in knee osteoarthritis: A simple 10-meter walk test predicts the distance covered in the 6-minute walk test.

Autor: Lozano-Meca J; Faculty of Medicine, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), University of Murcia, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria-Virgen de La Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), El Palmar, Murcia, Spain., Montilla-Herrador J; Faculty of Medicine, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), University of Murcia, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria-Virgen de La Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: montilla@um.es., Gacto-Sánchez M; Faculty of Medicine, CEIR Campus Mare Nostrum (CMN), University of Murcia, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria-Virgen de La Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Musculoskeletal science & practice [Musculoskelet Sci Pract] 2024 Aug; Vol. 72, pp. 102983. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2024.102983
Abstrakt: Background: The 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) is a common performance-measure in Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA), but the pain and functional impairment characterizing the condition may interfere its adequate performance.
Objectives: The shorter 10-m Walk Test (10mWT) could predict the distance performed on the 6MWT, therefore decreasing the burden on patients, enhancing efficiency, and reducing space- and time-constraints in clinical settings.
Design: A cross sectional study was conducted.
Methods: The scores from the 6MWT and the shorter 10mWT of 58 ambulatory subjects with KOA were compared. Correlation, and a univariate regression analysis to explore the predictive ability of the 10mWT, were calculated.
Results: Correlation was excellent (r = 0.913, p-value<0.001), and the predictive equation based on the 10mWT scores (R 2  = 0.834, p-value<0.001) estimates the distance walked in the 6MWT with a relative error of 7.62%.
Conclusions: The 10mWT may be an excellent assessment-tool to predict the distance walked in the 6MWT, due to its low strain on patients and as a means of improving efficiency and reducing time-constraints.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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