Letter by Le Faucheur et al regarding articles, "Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease" and "The treadmill is a better functional test than the 6-minute walk test in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease"

Affiliations

¹ Movement, Sport, and Health Laboratory, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, FranceDepartment of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, ENS Rennes, Bruz, FranceINSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, CIC 1414, Rennes, France.
² Movement, Sport, and Health Laboratory, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France.
³ INSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, CIC 1414, Rennes, FranceCHU Rennes, Imagerie Coeur-Vaisseaux, Rennes, France.

Comment

A Le Faucheur et al. Circulation. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 14;131(15):e406.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.012389.

¹ Movement, Sport, and Health Laboratory, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, FranceDepartment of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, ENS Rennes, Bruz, FranceINSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, CIC 1414, Rennes, France.
² Movement, Sport, and Health Laboratory, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France.
³ INSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, CIC 1414, Rennes, FranceCHU Rennes, Imagerie Coeur-Vaisseaux, Rennes, France.

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Comment in

Response to letter regarding article, "Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease".
McDermott MM, Guralnik JM, Criqui MH, Liu K, Kibbe M, Ferrucci L. McDermott MM, et al. Circulation. 2015 Apr 14;131(15):e407. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013268. Circulation. 2015. PMID: 25869008 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Six-minute walk is a better outcome measure than treadmill walking tests in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease.
McDermott MM, Guralnik JM, Criqui MH, Liu K, Kibbe MR, Ferrucci L. McDermott MM, et al. Circulation. 2014 Jul 1;130(1):61-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.007002. Circulation. 2014. PMID: 24982117 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
The treadmill is a better functional test than the 6-minute walk test in therapeutic trials of patients with peripheral artery disease.
Hiatt WR, Rogers RK, Brass EP. Hiatt WR, et al. Circulation. 2014 Jul 1;130(1):69-78. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.007003. Circulation. 2014. PMID: 24982118 Review. No abstract available.