The reliability of walking tests in people with claudication

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 574-582

  Da Cunha Filho, Inácio Teixeira ^a,b   Pereira, Danielle Aparecida Gomes ^a   De Carvalho, André Maurício Borges ^a   Campedeli, Leilane ^a   Soares, Michelle ^a   De Sousa Freitas, Joyce ^a  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BELO HORIZONTE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Claudication; Reliability; Walking test

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUERGER DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG PAIN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SHUTTLE WALKING TEST; SIX MINUTE WALKING TEST; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 34250797890     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31806de721     Document Type: Article

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