Paper #5: Pre-operative Six Minute Walk Performance in Children with Congenital Scoliosis.

Kawakami, Noriaki; Matsumoto, Hiroko; Saito, Toshiki; Tauchi, Ryoji; Ohara, Tetsuya; Redding, Gregory · Spine Deform · 2017

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

The 6 minute walk (6MW) correlates with age and inversely with the Cobb angle for patients with congenital scoliosis prior to spine surgical intervention. All had low 6MW values compared to age-matched norms. 6MW is useful as a serial measure of functional status for each patient over time.