6 Minute Walk Test Overview

Measuring the response to medical interventions in patients with moderate to severe heart or lung disease

Assessing the distance walked during a defined period of time

Evaluating the level of physical fitness of healthy individuals

Providing specific information on the function of different organs

Unstable angina during the previous month

Resting heart rate of > 120 beats per minute

Systolic blood pressure > 180 mm Hg

Patients with stable exertional angina

Comfortable clothing and appropriate shoes for walking

Heavy clothing to keep warm

Formal shoes for better support

No specific requirements

Indoors along a long, flat, straight, enclosed corridor

Outdoors in a park

In a gym with exercise equipment

In a hospital room

Stop the test immediately and assess the patient

Encourage the patient to continue walking

Call for a physician to attend

Ignore the symptoms