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ReviewTherapeutic advances in cardiovascular disease

6-minute walking test: a useful tool in the management of heart failure patients.

Sophia Giannitsi, Mara Bougiakli, Aris Bechlioulis, Anna Kotsia, Lampros K Michalis, Katerina K Naka

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Review in Therapeutic advances in cardiovascular disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 180 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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180citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
35.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06126874 naunknown statusnot on this map

Additional Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise Training to Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Urinary Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction After Radical Prostatectomy

TypeinterventionalSponsorHacettepe UniversityRan2024 to 2026Enrolled38ConditionsIncontinence, Erectile Dysfunction Following Radical ProstatectomyArmsPatient Education, Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Aerobic Exercise Training, Resistance Exercise Training
NCT07060937 nacompletednot on this map

Clinimetric Properties of Performance Based Functional Outcome Measure After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled100ConditionsCoronary Artery Disease, CABGArmsPhysiotherapy Protocol
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

180 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 349 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Physical function predicts mortality in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  16. The effect of resistance inspiratory muscle training in the management of breathlessness in patients with thoracic malignancies: a randomised controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sophia GiannitsiSecond Department of Cardiology and Michaelidion Cardiac Center, Medical School University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Mara BougiakliSecond Department of Cardiology and Michaelidion Cardiac Center, Medical School University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Aris BechlioulisSecond Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, University Campus, Stavros Niarchos Avenue, Ioannina, 45 500, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1721-2539
Anna KotsiaSecond Department of Cardiology and Michaelidion Cardiac Center, Medical School University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Lampros K MichalisSecond Department of Cardiology and Michaelidion Cardiac Center, Medical School University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Katerina K NakaSecond Department of Cardiology and Michaelidion Cardiac Center, Medical School University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
University of Ioannina · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reduced functional ability and exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure (HF) are associated with poor quality of life and a worse prognosis. The 6-minute walking test (6MWT) is a widely available and well-tolerated test for the assessment of the functional capacity of patients with HF. Although the cardiopulmonary exercise test (a maximal exercise test) remains the gold standard for the evaluation of exercise capacity in patients with HF, the 6MWT (submaximal exercise test) may provide reliable information about the patient's daily activity. The current review summarizes the value of 6MWT in patients with HF and identifies its usefulness and limitations in everyday clinical practice in populations of HF. We aimed to investigate potential associations of 6MWD with other measures of functional status and determinants of 6MWD in patients with HF as well as to review its prognostic role and changes to various interventions in these patients.

Indexed as

Exercise ToleranceWalk TestAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCardiorespiratory FitnessFemaleHealth StatusHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisReproducibility of Results6-minute walking testfunctional capacityheart failureheart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Identifiers

PMID31441375
PMCPMC6710700
OpenAlexW2969866384

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