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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between a short walking test and a
long walking test in patients with walking disability due to multiple sclerosis
(MS) or stroke. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING: University
hospital and sport science department. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with MS (n=38),
patients with stroke (n=48), and healthy subjects (n=46). Patients were
participants in other clinical trials. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Walking speed in a 10m walk test and a 6 minute walk test was
compared. RESULTS: Despite differences in absolute walking speed between long and
short tests, strong correlations were found between both the tests in patients
with MS (r=.95) and in patients with stroke (r=.94), whereas a more moderate
correlation was found in healthy controls (r=.69-.70). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings
show that walking speeds of a short walking test and a long walking test are
strongly correlated in both patients with MS and patients with stroke, whereas
correlations in healthy subjects are weaker.
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