Influencing factors of the 6-min walk distance in adult Arab populations: a literature review.

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Vol. 94 No. 5 (2016): Issue May 2016

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Samah Joobeur
Sonia Rouatbi
Imed Latiri
Raoudha Sfaxi
Helmi Ben Saad

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Background. Walk tests, especially the 6-min walk-test (6MWT), are commonly used in order to evaluate submaximal exercise capacity. The primary outcome of the 6MWT is the 6-min walk-distance (6MWD). Numerous demographic, physiological and anthropometric factors can influence the 6MWD in healthy adults.
Objective. The purpose of the present review is to highlight and discuss the 6MWD influencing factors in healthy of the healthy adult Arab populations.
Methods. It is a review including a literature search, from 1970 to September 31th 2015 using the PubMed, the Science Direct databases and the World Wide Web on Google search engine. citationsRaw lists of retrieved English/French articles were searched for any additional citationsRaws.
Results. Six studies, conducted in Tunisia (n=2), Saudi Arabia (n=3) and Algeria (n=1) were included. All studies were conducted according to the 2002-American-thoracic-society guidelines for the 6MWT. In addition to anthropometric data (sex, age, height, weight, body mass index, lean mass), the following data were recognized as 6MWD influencing factors: schooling and socioeconomic levels, urban origin, parity, physical activity score or status, metabolic equivalent task for moderate activity, spirometric data, end-walk heart-rate, resting diastolic blood pressure, dyspnoea Borg value and niqab-wearing.
Conclusion. The 6MWD influencing factors in adult Arab populations are numerous and include some specific predictors such as parity, physical activity level and niqab-wearing.

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Arab ; Influencing factors ; Niqab ; Norms ; Parity ; Walk distance

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