Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1083-1089 , June 2008

Validating the Six-Minute Walk Test as a Measure of Recovery After Elective Colon Resection Surgery

  • Carolina Moriello, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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  • Nancy E. Mayo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Nancy E. Mayo, PhD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Ross Pavilion R4.29, Royal Victoria Hospital Site, 687 Pine Ave W, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada
    • ,
  • Liane Feldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Franco Carli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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    ASA score as a predictor of preoperative 6MWT and 6-week postoperative 6MWT (average distance). NOTE. Values in italics show the percentage of people recovering to baseline values. Legend: ☐, ASA leve

    ASA score as a predictor of preoperative 6MWT and 6-week postoperative 6MWT (average distance). NOTE. Values in italics show the percentage of people recovering to baseline values. Legend: ☐, ASA level 1 (n=14); , ASA level 2 (n=45); , ASA level 3 (n=4). *Statistically significant.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00123-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.031

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1083-1089 , June 2008

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