Treatment of intermittent claudication: The impact on quality of life

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 356-361

  Currie, Ian C ^a   Wilson, Yvonne G ^a   Baird, Roger N ^a   Lamont, Peter M ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Claudication; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0028865213     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(05)80057-7     Document Type: Article

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