A Telemedicine Alternative to the 6-Minute Walk Test Using Personal Activity Trackers in Liver Transplant Candidates

Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has limited liver transplant (LT) candidates access to clinics. Telehealth methods to assess frailty are needed. We developed a method to estimate the step length of LT candidates, which would permit remotely obtaining the 6-min walk test (6MWT) distance with a pers...

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Main Authors: Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, PhD, Rebecca A. Brown, MD, Pamela M. Bloomer, PT, MPT, Marie Nunez Duarte, BSc, Rachel K. Grubbs, DO, Ruben Hernaez, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-08-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001347