Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire
Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (Leng 1992): classifies leg pain as definite / atypical / not claudication.
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Example
- Pain or discomfort in the leg(s) on walking
- Yes
- Pain when walking uphill or hurrying
- Yes
- Pain relieved within about 10 minutes of standing still
- Yes
- Main pain site
- Calf (with or without other sites)
Result: Edinburgh: definite claudication, grade I.
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What the result means
- Result
- definite (calf), atypical (thigh/buttock only), or not claudication (a criterion fails or non-vascular sites). Grade I if not at ordinary pace, II if it is.
What you enter
- Pain or discomfort in the leg(s) on walking
- The pain begins while standing still or sitting
- Pain when walking uphill or hurrying
- Pain relieved within about 10 minutes of standing still
- Pain also occurs at an ordinary walking pace on the level
- Main pain site
How this is calculated
- Criteria
- pain on walking, NOT at rest, worse uphill/hurrying, relieved <=10 min of stopping - all required; calf involvement needed for a definite pattern.
Leng GC, Fowkes FGR. The Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire: an improved version of the Rose Questionnaire for use in epidemiological surveys. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992;45(10):1101-1109. Read the source ↗
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