Balance impairment, physical ability, and its link with disease severity in patients with intermittent claudication

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-74

  Gohil, Risha A ^a   Mockford, Katherine A ^a   Mazari, Fayyaz ^a   Khan, Junaid ^a   Vanicek, Natalie ^b   Chetter, Ian C ^a   Coughlin, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FULL TANDEM STANCE TEST; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY ORGANIZATION TEST; STABILOGRAPHY; SUMMARY PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; TIMED UP AND GO TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84871331601     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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