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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

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Walking distance:Len:6M:^Patient:Qn:
Long Common Name
Six minute walk test
Short Name
Walk distance 6M
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Walking distance in 6 Minutes

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Walking distance
    LP35942-9
    • Analyte
      Walking distance
      LP35942-9
      • Component Numerator
        Walking distance
        LP35942-9
        • Component Numerator Core
          Walking distance
          LP35942-9
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Len
    LP6822-3
  • Time
    6M
    LP125044-0
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Qn
    LP7753-9
  • Method
    NULL
     

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

LOINCLong Common Name
62611-9PhenX domain - Respiratory

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
el-GRGreek (Greece)Απόσταση βάδισης:Len:6M:^Ασθενής:Qn:
Synonyms: - 6M CLIN Len Qn Απόσταση βάδισης Ασθενής
es-MXSpanish (Mexico)Distancia caminando:Len:6M:^ Paciente:Cuantitativo:
it-ITItalian (Italy)Distanza a piedi:Len:6Minuti:^Paziente:Qn:
Synonyms: 6 minuti Clinico Lunghezza paziente
ru-RURussian (Russian Federation)Пройденное расстояние:Дл:6 минут:^Пациент:Колич:
Synonyms: Длина Количественный
zh-CNChinese (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

UnitSource
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