Leg symptoms, the ankle-brachial index, and walking ability in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-181

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

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functioning; Leg pain; Peripheral arterial disease; Walking impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LABORATORY; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 0032929711     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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