Validation of a new simple questionnaire to "estimate ambulation capacity by history" (EACH) in patients with claudication

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Ouedraogo, Nafi ^a   Mahe, Guillaume ^a,b   Marchand, Johann ^a   Sadi, Karim ^a   Leftheriotis, Georges ^a,b   Abraham, Pierre ^a,b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTIMATE AMBULATION CAPACITY BY HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING; WALKING IMPAIRMENT QUESTIONNAIRE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 79959828045     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.11.129     Document Type: Article

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