The Six-Minutes Walking Test (6MWT) in healthy Turkish children and its comparative review

Authors : Gulsah SAHIN, Nurdan YAYKIN, Aysegul AKSOY, Kubra GULTEKIN, Ozan CANPOLAT, Serkan ISIK, Hasim KATRA, Baris KARAKOYUN, Nevin KAYA, Omur KOCAK, Omer DURUKAN, Asli SAHIN, Ozhan BAVLI

Pages : 62-66

Doi:10.15314/tjse.30663

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Publication Date : 2014-06-04

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Having  data about its own subjective condition is important for each country. The aim of this study was to establish the values for six-minutes walking test insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6MWT); among healthy children.  The study population included 732 children insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(342 girls and 390 boys); aged 7-14 from 3 different regions in the city center. Their height and weight were measured and  a six-minutes walking test was performed to the children. Mann-Whitney U test for gender and walking distance; Pearson correlation test for the relationship between height, weight and age; Kruskal-Wallis analysis methods for walking distance of the age groups were used. The six-minutes walking insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6MWT); distance of the children ages 7-14 was 684.20 ± 109.31 m in total. There was significantly positive relation in medium level between children`s age and the 6MWT distance. There was a significantly positive relation in medium level between children`s height and the 6-MWT distance. There was also a significantly positive relation in low level between children`s weight and the 6-MWT distance. A statistically significant difference between the 6-MWT distance according to children`s gender was observed. Finally there was a significant difference between 6-MW distance according to the children`s age groups.
Keywords : Six Minutes Walking Test, children, physical performance