Results: The average distances covered in 6MWT were 510.5 ± 55.06 and 440.65 ± 25.08 meters and in 3MRWT were 270.18 ± 30.8, 230.05 ± 15.06 meters for male and female respectively. Walking distance to both ramp and ground, heart rate, blood pressure, saturation (S pO 2), dyspnea, and fatigue with Borg exertion scale were compared prior and after the two walk tests. Fifteen healthy participants (8 males, 7 females) performed both tests in a randomized order with a washout time of 6 h in between the tests. Methodology: The observational, crossover study design was adopted for this study. Hence, a new 3-min steep ramp walk test (3MRWT) was constructed to meet the demands similar to an uphill walk and to provide more functional stress than routinely used 6MWT. To assess the functional (uphill walking) capacity, we need a different functional stress test over the routinely used 6-min walk test (6MWT).
Ramp walking is one of the most common functional demands to be met by a common man in the industrialized world. Objective: Inclined surfaces or ramps are the common obstacles faced by elderly and cardiopulmonary disabled in accessing public amenities. Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None Manivel Arumugamĭepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Rehabilitation Unit, Peelamedu Samanaidu Govindarajulu Hospitals, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Manivel Arumugam 1, Baskaran Chandrasekaran 2, Murugesan Periya Narkunam Ramaiya 3, Ramamoorthy Veyilmuthu 4ġ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rehabilitation Unit, Peelamedu Samanaidu Govindarajulu Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Department of Exercise and Sports Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India 3 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Peelamedu Samanaidu Govindarajulu Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 4 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Peelamedu Samanaidu Govindarajulu Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Date of SubmissionĬorrespondence Address: Dr. Comparison of functional ramp walk test and 6-min walk test in healthy volunteers: A new approach in functional capacity evaluation