The ankle brachial index independently predicts walking velocity and walking endurance in peripheral arterial disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1355-1362

  McDermott, Mary McGrae ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Mehta, Shruti ^a   Criqui, Michael H ^c   Martin, Gary J ^a   Greenland, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0031759668     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb06001.x     Document Type: Article

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