Six-minute walk test closely correlates to "real-life" outdoor walking capacity and quality of life in patients with intermittent claudication

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 404-409

  Nordanstig, Joakim ^a   Broeren, Monica ^a   Hensäter, Marlene ^a   Perlander, Angelica ^a   Österberg, Klas ^a   Jivegård, Lennart ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MAXIMUM WALKING DISTANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORTED MAXIMUM WALKING DISTANCE; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TREADMILL TEST; VASCULAR QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING; WALKING CAPACITY;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84905079819     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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