Six Minute Walk Test

The Six Minute Walk Test is an indication of your level of fitness and degree of shortness of breath.  You will be asked to walk back and forth along a pre-measured pathway while a technologist monitors your heart rate, blood oxygen level, blood pressure and level of fatigue.  The distance you walk in the time allowed and your body's response to the exercise indicate the fitness of your lungs.

This test is usually performed separately from a Complete Pulmonary Function Study.