The PADHOC Device is a Better Guide to the Actual Incapacity Suffered by Claudicants than the Gold Standard Constant Load Treadmill Test

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 651-656

  Coughlin, P A ^a   Kent, P J ^a   Berridge, D C ^a   Scott, D J A ^a   Kester, R C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constant load treadmill test; Intermittent claudication; PADHOC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CONSTANT LOAD TREADMILL TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL WALKING TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 33750494986     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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