Version 2.80

Term Description

Total distance walked in 6 minutes.

The Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) measures the distance that a patient can quickly walk on a flat, hard surface in a period of 6 minutes (the 6MWD). It was as developed in 1963 by Balke to evaluate functional capacity. PMID: 12091180 The object of this test is for the individual to walk as far as possible in 6 minutes. This measure is a part of the multi-component BODE index that correlates with survival.
Source: LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Walking distance
Property
Len
Time
6M
System
^Patient
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Long Common Name
Six minute walk test
Short Name
Walk distance 6M
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Walking distance in 6 Minutes

Basic Attributes

Class
CLIN
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.36
Last Updated
Version 2.72 (MIN)
Change Reason
Release 2.67: COMPONENT: Updated Component from "Walk distance" for naming consistency across terms.; SURVEY_QUEST_TEXT: Moved Survey Question Text to Form Data (to be represented in the context of the panel); SURVEY_QUEST_SRC: Removed because information is available in Related Codes.; Previous Releases: Updated status from Trial to Active; Updated the PhenX ID from "PhenX.<ID>" to "PX<ID>" in Survey Question Source field to align with the variable identifier used in the PhenX Toolkit.

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
62611-9 PhenX domain - Respiratory

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
el-GR Greek (Greece) Απόσταση βάδισης:Len:6M:^Ασθενής:Qn:
Synonyms: Len Απόσταση βάδισης
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Distancia caminando:Len:6M:^ Paciente:Cuantitativo:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Distanza a piedi:Len:6Minuti:^Paziente:Qn:
Synonyms: 6 minuti Clinico Lunghezza paziente
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Пройденное расстояние:Дл:6 минут:^Пациент:Колич:
Synonyms: Длина Количественный
zh-CN Chinese (China) 行走距离:长度:6分钟:^患者:定量型:
Synonyms: 6分;六分钟 医疗服务对象;客户;病人;病患;病号;超系统 - 病人 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 行走（步行、徒步、散步、走路）距离（长度、远近）;步行距离;散步距离;行走距离 长;长短

Example Units

Unit Source
m/(6.min) Example UCUM Units

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=64098-7