Measuring Fitness in Healthy Older Adults: The Health ABC Long Distance Corridor Walk

The 6-minute walk: a new measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure.

1985 • 2,042 citations

Two-, six-, and 12-minute walking tests in respiratory disease.

1982 • 1,610 citations

A Guttman Health Scale for the Aged

1966 • 1,114 citations

A randomized trial comparing aerobic exercise and resistance exercise with a health education program in older adults with knee osteoarthritis. The Fitness Arthritis and Seniors Trial (FAST)

1997 • 1,048 citations

A Randomized Trial Comparing Aerobic Exercise and Resistance Exercise With a Health Education Program in Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis

1997 • 868 citations

Effect of encouragement on walking test performance.

1984 • 818 citations

Twelve-minute walking test for assessing disability in chronic bronchitis.

1976 • 754 citations

Prediction of mortality and morbidity with a 6-minute walk test in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. SOLVD Investigators

1993 • 685 citations

Prediction of Mortality and Morbidity With a 6-Minute Walk Test in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

1993 • 634 citations

Six minute walking test for assessing exercise capacity in chronic heart failure.

1986 • 564 citations

Predicting Changes in Physical Performance in a High-Functioning Elderly Cohort: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging

1994 • 526 citations

Mobility-related function in older adults: Assessment with a 6-minute walk test

1999 • 506 citations

Measuring Higher Level Physical Function in Well-Functioning Older Adults: Expanding Familiar Approaches in the Health ABC Study

2001 • 441 citations

The Clinical Utility of a Six‐Minute Walk Test in Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease Patients

1998 • 385 citations

Assessment methods for physical activity and physical fitness in population studies: Report of a NHLBI workshop

1986 • 250 citations

Performance, ventilation, and oxygen consumption in three different types of exercise test in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease.

1985 • 179 citations

Principles of Geriatric Medicine

1986 • 175 citations

The 6-Minute Walk as an Appropriate Exercise Test in Elderly Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

1996 • 153 citations

Treadmill Exercise Testing in an Epidemiologic Study of Elderly Subjects

1998 • 97 citations

Treadmill Walking in Old Age May Not Reproduce the Real Life Situation

1993 • 89 citations

The Ankle Brachial Index Independently Predicts Walking Velocity and Walking Endurance in Peripheral Arterial Disease

1998 • 89 citations

Comparison of Corridor and Treadmill Walking in Patients with Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1990 • 85 citations

Assessment of physical function and exercise tolerance in older adults: Reproducibility and comparability of five measures

2000 • 52 citations

The Energetic Cost of Some Daily Activities: A Comparison in a Young and Old Population

1993 • 19 citations

Reliability and Validity of the Five-Minute Walking Field Test for Estimating V˙O2 peak in Elderly Subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis

1998 • 16 citations

Energy cost in the physically impaired geriatric population

1986 • 2 citations