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Computerized Dynamic Posturography for Postural Control Assessment in Patients with Intermittent Claudication
Published on: December 11, 2013
Functional outcomes and quality of life in peripheral arterial disease: current status
Mark R Nehler1, Mary M McDermott, Diane Treat-Jacobson
1Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262-0312, USA. mark.nehler@uchsc.edu
Abstract:
This review examines current evidence for baseline functional impairment and changes with therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD)--ranging from patients without claudication or critical limb ischemia (CLI) but other exertional leg symptoms (erroneously referred to as asymptomatic in the Fontaine classification system), to patients with claudication and those with CLI. The review points out that the status of functional outcomes research is markedly different in focus and development in the different levels of disease severity--paradoxically less studied in the more severe CLI population than in patients with claudication, for example.
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