Lauren Reid|Penny Thomson|Markus Besemann|Nancy Dudek
Going places: Does the two-minute walk test predict the six-minute walk test in lower extremity amputees?
University of Ottawa
assessing patients ability walk distance required community ambulation least 300 important amputee rehabilitation 2min walk test amputees cannot walk 300 thus 6min walk test may preferred fully validated population study examined convergent discriminative validity 6min walk test assessed whether 2min test could predict results 6min testa total 86 patients unilateral bilateral amputations syme transtibial knee disarticulation transfemoral level completed 6min walk test 2min walk test timed go test locomotor capabilities index version 5 houghton scale prosthetic use activityspecific balance confidence scalethe 6min walk test correlated tests r 057095 demonstrating convergent validity demonstrated discriminative validity respect age aetiology amputation klevel p 00001 2min walk test highly predictive 6min walk test distance r2 091the 6min walk test valid measure amputee ambulation however results suggest may necessary since 2min walk test strongly predicts 6min walk test clinicians could therefore save time using shorter test