Strengths and limitations of six-minute walk tests in chronic respiratory disease

Symposium
Chairs: T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Aims: At the conclusion of the symposium, the audience will understand: the prognostic value of the six-minute walk test in patients with chronic respiratory disease; the measurement properties of the six-minute walk test; which reference equation to be used; the interpretation of the change in six-minute walk distance in patients with chronic respiratory disease; and the responsiveness of the six-minute walk test following (non-)pharmacological interventions.

Walk or die… the six minute walk test as a prognostic marker in lung disease F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil)
The physiology of a six minute walking test P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Interventions to improve functional exercise capacity M. Puhan (Zurich, Switzerland)