6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT): free online stopwatch and protocol

Protocol

Distance walked in 6 minutes.

1. Flat, straight corridor of at least 20–30 m, ends marked by cones. Chair available at the end.
2. Instruct the patient to walk as far as possible in 6 minutes, without running. Rests are allowed; the timer keeps running.
3. Tap "+1 lap" each time the patient completes a length. The phone vibrates every minute to announce the time left.
4. At the end, enter the metres walked in the last unfinished length.

Norms and references

Predicted distance and lower limit of normal: Enright & Sherrill, 1998 (healthy adults aged 40–80). ATS guidelines, 2002.

Why Rehab Timer?

• One-tap stopwatch, screen kept on during the test
• Speeds and clinical thresholds computed for you
• History, evolution charts and PDF report per patient
• A free stopwatch with laps for any other test

Other tests

• Timed Up and Go (TUG)Functional mobility and fall risk
• 10-Metre Walk Test (10MWT)Gait speed
• 30-Second Chair Stand (30CST)Number of chair stands in 30 seconds
• Free stopwatchTime any other test and give it your own name