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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Intensive Care Med. 2019 Nov 5;36(3):343–351. doi: 10.1177/0885066619885838

Table 2:

Six- Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) by study

Author year, location Patient population Follow-up (in months) N at follow-up Mean±SD or Median [IQR] 6MWD (m) Predicted 6MWD (%)

Wright 2018, United Kingdom [31] ICU 3 32I,27S 293 [124-444]I, 255 [120-337]S NR
6 28,25 374 [203-435], 321 [197-400] NR

Wang 2017, China [32] ARDS 12 24E 531±84 81±13
48N 495±90 78±13

Viana 2017, Brazil [33] ICU 3 20 273±126 NR

Dinglas 2016, United States [14] ARDS 6 52 377± 145 65±24
12 42 415 ± 154 71±23

Das Neves 2015, Argentina [34] ICU 3 59 434± 181 63±22
6 56 437 ± 166 116 ±176
12 57 481 ± 143 93 ±117

Connolly 2015, United Kingdom [35] ICU 3 30 362 ± 146.9 NR

Jones 2015, United Kingdom [15] ICU 3 72 310±151 NR

Fan 2014, United States1 [12, 30] ARDS 3 99 320±138 53±22
6 117 338±128 57±21
12 115 355±138 60±22
24 112 371±151 63±25
36 92 402±125 70 [58-82]
48 98 401±123 70 [56-82]
60 103 399±122 71 [59-83]

Needham 2014, United States2 [29, 36] ARDS 6 158 368±139 64±22
12 149 388±159 67±26
Denehy 2013, Australia3 [13, 16, 37, 38] ICU 3 100 383±143 78.7±26.9
6 89 398±161 72.5±27.4
12 79 422±154 78.7±26.9
48-60 48 508±118 70

Chiumello 2012, Italy [39] ARDS 12 13 375 [335-445] 71a; 73b
13 400 [350-450]

Elliott 2011, Australia4 [10, 40, 41] ICU 2 155 400 ± 167
7 145 435 ± 157

Herridge 2011, Canada5 [2, 28, 42, 43] ARDS 3 80 281 [55-454] 49
6 78 396 [244-250] 64
12 81 422 [277-510] 66
24 64 416 [285-496] 68
36 65 418 [311-474] 67
48 57 406 [314-488] 71
60 54 436 [324-512] 76

Masclans 2011, Spain [44] ARDS 6 38 368±69 60-65

Schandl 2011, Sweden [45] ICU 3 52 512±144 NR
6 42 533±150
12 28 568±121

McWiliams 2009, United Kingdom [9] ICU 2 38 424±111 NR

Abbreviations: ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ICU, intensive care unit; I, Intensive rehabilitation group; S, Standard rehabilitation group; E, ECMO group; N, non-ECMO group; 6MWD, six-minute walk distance; n, number; NR, not reported; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; %, percentage.