An incremental test to identify the pain threshold speed in patients with intermittent claudication

Circulation Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1124-1127

  Manfredini, Fabio ^a   Mangolini, Cristina ^a   Mascoli, Francesco ^a   Mazzoni, Gianni ^a   Taddia, Maria Cristina ^a   Manfredini, Roberto ^a   Conconi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteriopathy; Intermittent claudication; Rehabilitation; Walking test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WALKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE; TIBIAL ARTERY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0036896534     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.66.1124     Document Type: Article

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