Assessment of functional status and quality of life in claudication

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1410-1421

  Mays, Ryan J ^a   Casserly, Ivan P ^a   Kohrt, Wendy M ^a   Ho, P Michael ^a   Hiatt, William R ^a   Nehler, Mark R ^a   Regensteiner, Judith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDICATION SCALE; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; MCMASTER HEALTH INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL OUTCOMES STUDY SHORT FORM 36 ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDLINE; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL ARTERY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE 86 QUESTIONNAIRE; PERIPHERAL ARTERY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SF 12 ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; VASCULAR QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING IMPAIRMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT 100;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 79955698375     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.11.092     Document Type: Review

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