Description
Walkahead is a comprehensive device for performing a 6-minute walk test (6MWT), the protocol for which is standardized worldwide.
It allows for the assessment of a patient's degree of functional limitation and the effects of retraining for cardiac and pulmonary patients.
The device has the following features:
•Respiratory rate measurement
•Heart rate measurement
•Oxygen saturation measurement
•Calculation of distance traveled and speed
•Automatic data recording
•Written/oral interactions between patient and operator
•Standardized checklist => not operator-dependent
The following features will be available soon:
•Blood pressure measurement
•PDF export of data to the electronic patient record
Continuous, real-time measurement / Prediction of potential discomfort
Applies to the following services:
•Internal medicine
•Geriatrics
•Respiratory function testing
•Sports medicine
•Allergology
•Cardiology…