Comparison of the 6-minute Walking Test in a Corridor and on a Non-motorized Treadmill (TDM6)

Hopital Foch

Status: Completed

Conditions: Walking, Difficulty

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: 6-minutes walking test on a corridor; Diagnostic Test: 6-minutes walking test on a treadmill

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04541511

2020_0047

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the equivalence of 6-minute walking test performed on a non-motorized treadmill to the reference test : a 6-minute walking test on a corridor.

Full description

The Six-Minute Walk Test (6-WT) is a standardized test to assess a person's functional ability to walk as far as they can in six minutes. It is widely used in the assessment of functional disability in response to medical intervention in respiratory and cardiac conditions.

This test requires a corridor measuring between 20 and 30 metres and does not require any special technical equipment or training.

While the test appears simple to set up, factors such as the length or width of the corridor, and external disruptive elements, may affect the results. Indeed, the configuration of the test site plays a role in the test result. For example, the distance traveled in a 6-minute walking test is greater on a continuous circuit than in a lane that requires people to walk back and forth or when others are using the lane (zigzags, slowdowns). In a hospital setting, while it is easy to find a corridor that is long enough, it is not always possible to dedicate it exclusively to walking tests.

An alternative would be to perform this test on a non-motorized treadmill to avoid these biases. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the equivalence of a 6-minute walking test performed on a non-motorized treadmill to the reference test in healthy subjects. In addition, a small number of patients will be invited to perform a 6-minute CT scan on a non-motorized treadmill in order to first evaluate the perception and acceptability of this new method in this population (seniors, pathologies). If the results are conclusive, a similar study with patients only will be performed.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy subject 18 years of age or older
• Have signed a consent form
• Be affiliated with a Health Insurance Plan
• Having a pathology requiring the monitoring of the evolution of the distance performed by 6-WT (patients only)

Exclusion criteria

• Being unable to walk for several minutes for physical, neurological or psychological reasons
• Recent acute coronary syndrome
• Rest tachycardia greater than 120 pulses/min.
• Resting blood pressure greater than 180/100 mmHg
• Pregnant, Parturient or Nursing Women
• Persons deprived of liberty: minors or adults who are subject to a legal protection measure or who are unable to express their consent.
• Subjects under guardianship or curatorship.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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9 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy subject

Experimental group

Description:

Healthy subject will be asked to performed two 6-minutes walking test : one in a corridor and one on the non-motorized treadmill. Oxygen saturation, heart rate and Borg score will be collected before and after each test.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: 6-minutes walking test on a corridor

Diagnostic Test: 6-minutes walking test on a treadmill

Patients

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will be asked to to performed a 6-minutes walking test on the non-motorized treadmill and to answer a questionnaire regarding the acceptability and ease of use of the new method.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: 6-minutes walking test on a treadmill