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The 6-minute walking test (6MWT) is a submaximal testused as a clinical indicator of functional capacity in patientswith pulmonary disease. However, is has not been definedwhether the parameters obtained in the 6MWT are similarin two groups of interstitial lung diseases (ILD), systemic sclerosis(SSc) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and whatare the differences when compared to patients with chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This is a comparativecross-sectional study of 6MWT data, with the inclusion of 32patients with SSc, 32 with IPF and 50 with COPD. All patientsunderwent the 6MWT and a respiratory function test. Patientswith ILD did not present significant differences when comparedwith each other. However, when compared to patientswith COPD, the ILD group showed greater distance walked(ILD = 404.6 ± 1.09m, COPD = 352.4 ± 10.80m; p = 0.0033) andpredicted percentage above 100% (ILD = 113.5 ± 3.72%, COPD= 84.36 ± 4.81%; p |
