6-minute walk test: Simple home monitoring for your heart and lung health

The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a simple, low-cost, and well-established test that measures the distance an individual can walk on a flat surface in 6 minutes. It is widely used to assess functional capacity in various patient populations. You can easily perform your 6-minute walk test with this app and share the results with other people via messaging or e-mail function. This can be useful, for example, for initial work-up before being seen in an outpatient cardiology or respiratory medicine clinic.