Quality of life in patients with intermittent claudication: Relationship with laboratory exercise performance

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-7

  Barletta, Giuseppe ^a   Perna, Sergio ^a   Sabba, Carlo ^b   Catalano, Annalisa ^a   O'Boyle, Cyaran ^c   Brevetti, Gregorio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

arterial occlusive disease; exercise; intermittent claudication; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXERCISE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TREADMILL TEST;

EID: 0029886513     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X9600100102     Document Type: Article

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