Practical equations to predict claudication pain distances from a graded treadmill test

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-96

  Gardner, Andrew W ^a,b   Ricci, Michael A ^c   Case, Terrence D ^c   Pilcher, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; Doppler; exercise; gender; peripheral arterial occlusive disease; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL TEST; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL SIGN;

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EID: 0029777360     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X9600100201     Document Type: Article

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