1Lecturer, Ahmedabad Physiotherapy College, Ahmedabad
2Associate Professor, Srinivas College of Physiotherapy, Mangalore
*Corresponding author: Ayesha Sikandar Mulla, Lecturer, Ahmedabad Physiotherapy College, Bopal Ghuma Road, Bopal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. E-mail: ayesha_011@yahoo.com Mobile number: 09913620400
Online published on 19 June, 2015.
This study aims to establish test retest reliability of two minute walk test in elderly population to assess functional capacity and secondary aim is to find out correlation between two minute walk test and six minute walk test in elderly population.
50 healthy subjects aged 58–85 years were included in the study. The baseline cardiovascular parameters were taken and the subjects were asked to perform the two minute walk test three times with one week period between them done at a same time 1+ hour of 1st occasion. Post cardiovascular parameters were measured immediately after completion of the test. The two minute walk distance was recorded. Six minute walk test was performed once to correlate two minute walk test with six minute walk test.
50 subjects of mean age 67.68±6.4(SD) completed study. ICC of the repeated two minute walk tests was high (ICC=.942, p<0.05) Significant Correlation have been found between two minute walk distance and six minute walk distance(r=.760,p<.05), heart rate, respiratory rate and rate of perceived exertion were,(r=.693,p<.05), (r=.814,p<.05) and (r=.663,p<.05) respectively.
The two minute walk test has good test retest reliability in elderly population and two minute walk test has shown significant correlation between two minute walk test and six minute walk test.
2MWT, Test Retest Reliability, Elderly
