Accelerometer-Based Quantification of 6-Minute Walk Test Performance in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Applicability in Telemedicine

作者：Jehn Melissa^*; Schmidt Trucksaeess Arno; Schuster Tibor; Hanssen Henner; Weis Michael; Halle Martin; Koehler Friedrich

来源：Journal of Cardiac Failure, 2009, 15(4): 334-340.

DOI：10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.11.011

• Activity monitoring
• RT3
• step frequency
• 6-minute walk test

Background: Distance walked in the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is an important prognostic parameter used clinically to assess functional status in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). In this study, we investigated if alternative performance parameters with similar prognostic value can be gained from accelerometers.
Methods and Results: Fifty CHF patients (age, 60.9 +/- 14.0 years) were asked to perform a 6MWT while wearing 2 accelerometers and 1 pedometer. Total 6MWT step frequency (SF) and activity counts (VMU) were correlated to 6MWT distance. The accelerometer was highly accurate at quantifying SF (detected vs. observed: r = 0.99; P < .001), whereas the pedometer was unreliable below 50 m/min. VMU increased linearly with walking speed (r = 0.99), and both SF and VMU correlated strongly with 6MWT distance (VMU: r = 0.91; SF: r = 0.87, respectively; P < .001) and each other (r = 0.801 P < .001).
Conclusions: Accelerometers are reliable in measuring physical performance during the 6MWT in CHF patients. Besides the simple acquisition of 6MWT distance currently used for patient assessment, accelerometers provide new data that might be useful to evaluate exercise performance during the 6MWT. This allows for routine assessment of exercise capacity in a home-based setting in the context of telemedicine. (J Cardiac Fail 2009;15:334-340)

• 出版日期2009-5
• 单位河北医科大学