The 6-minute walk test for COPD is a simple way to test how your heart and lungs respond to light exercise. During the test, you’ll be monitored while you walk at your usual pace for 6 minutes.

You can test yourself at home to get a better understanding of your COPD symptoms, but a doctor is needed for a diagnosis and treatment.

Among the many exercise tests used to assess patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a 6-minute walking test was most strongly associated with patient-reported outcomes and ...

The HIT and a 6-min walk test were performed postflight. ... Air Travel Hypoxemia vs the Hypoxia Inhalation Test in Passengers With COPD - Medscape - Apr 01, 2008. Abstract and Introduction; ...

For patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF), the six-minute walk distance (6-MWD) test could independently predict outcome.

BOSTON, MA—Denervation of the pulmonary artery (PA) in patients with Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) led to a significant increase in 6-minute walk test distance as well as positive ...

Association between patient-reported outcomes and exercise test outcomes in patients with COPD before and after pulmonary rehabilitation. Health Qual Life Outcomes . Published online September 5 ...

Your doctor checks your blood to look for a problem in your genes that can cause COPD. You'd likely get this test if you're under 45 and COPD runs in your family. Chest X-ray or CT.

Those most likely to have asthma or COPD also took a spirometry breathing test -- the gold standard for diagnosing either condition. A total of 595 people received a diagnosis of asthma or COPD, ...

One of the aims of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is to aid communication between the physician and patient about the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the patient's life.