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Abstract Number: 2303 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Six Minute Walk Test in Childreh with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Normative Values, Prediction Equation, and Comparison to Healthy Children
Dax G. Rumsey^1,2, Michelle Roy¹, Cara Kaup¹, Lyne Bourassa³, Elham Khodayari Moez⁴, Olaf Verschuren⁵ and Lesley Pritchard-Wiart^1,3, ¹Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Paediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Brain Center Rudolf Magnus and Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a widely used measure of functional exercise capacity. It has not, however, been routinely used in pediatric rheumatology…

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