Translation and validation of the Walking Impairment Questionnaire in Brazilian subjects with intermittent claudication;Traducción y validación del Walking Impairment Questionnaire en Brasileños con claudicación intermitente

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-144

  Ritti Dias, Raphael Mendes ^a,b   Gobbo, Luis Alberto ^a   Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo ^a   Wolosker, Nelson ^a   Jacob Filho, Wilson ^a   Santarém, José Maria ^a   Carvalho, Celso Ricardo Fernandes ^a   Forjaz, Cláudia Lúcia De Moraes ^a   Marucci, Maria De Fátima Nunes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise tolerance; Intermittent claudication; Mobility limitation; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 65949099516     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2009000200011     Document Type: Article

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