- Title
- Six minute walk distance is greater when performed in a group than alone
- Creator
- Grindrod, D.; Paton, Carl; Knez, Wade; O'Brien, Brendan
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/53884
- Identifier
- vital:376
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2006.027904
- Identifier
- ISSN:0306-3674
- Abstract
- Objective: To investigate whether the distance covered in the six minute walk test was affected by walking with a group of others in comparison with performing the test alone. Methods: Eight healthy men ( mean (SD) age 21.0 (0.9) years) and eight healthy women ( mean ( SD) age 20.8 (2.0) years) performed in random order two six minute walk tests either alone or in a group of four on two separate occasions one week apart. Results: Distance covered increased significantly from a mean of 653 ( 61) m in the individual male tests to 735 (79) m in the male group tests ( p< 0.05), and 616 ( 75) m in the individual female tests to 701 ( 54) m in the female group tests ( p< 0.01). The men increased the distance walked in six minutes by 12.5% and the women by 13.7% when they performed the test as a group. Conclusion: Performing the six minute walk test in a group facilitates its execution.; C1
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Relation
- British Journal of Sports Medicine Vol. 40, no. 10 (Oct 2006), p. 876-877
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Walk
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