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Withthis instrument the patient assessed his perceiveddifficulty in walking defined distances and speeds, theability to climb stairs, and the degree of impairmentcaused by the symptoms of claudication. Responsesto individual items within a category were ranked ona scale of 0 to 3, (0 = did not do, 3 = no difficulty)and were aggregated within the category into a singlesummary score as previously described. 4 The distancesummary score ranged from 0% (patient unable towalk 50 feet without claudication pain) to 100%(patient able to walk five blocks without clandicationpain). The summary score for walking speed rangedfrom 0% (patient unable to walk one block slowlywithout claudication pain) to 100% (patient able tojog one block without difficulty). The stair climbingscore was rated so that 0% meant a patient could notclimb one flight of stairs without claudication, while100% meant no difficulty in climbing three flights ofstairs. The claudication severity score was scaled sothat 0% indicated that the patient had much claudicationpain when walking, while 100% indicated noclaudication with walking.
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