No significant associations were found for hip flexion strength , WIQ distance score , or WIQ speed score with mortality .
CONCLUSIONS A number of lower extremity performance measures are prognostic markers for mortality in PAD and may be useful clinical tools for identifying patients at higher risk of death .
BACKGROUND Peripheral artery disease ( PAD ) is associated with impaired mobility and a high rate of mortality .
The aim of this systematic review was to investigate whether reduced lower extremity performance was associated with an increased incidence of  cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in people with PAD .
Stair climbing test as a predictor of cardiopulmonary complications after pulmonary lobectomy in the elderly.
BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess the role of a symptom-limited stair climbing test in predicting postoperative cardiopulmonary complications in elderly c and i date s for lung resection . METHODS A consecutive series of 109 patients more than 70 years of age who underwent pulmonary lobectomy for lung carcinoma from January 2000 through May 2003 formed the prospect i ve data base of this study . All patients in the analysis performed a preoperative symptom-limited stair climbing test . Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify predictors of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications . RESULTS At univariate analysis , the patients with complications had a lower forced expiratory capacity percentage of predicted ( p = 0.048 ) , predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second percentage of predicted ( p = 0.049 ) , climbed a lower height at preoperative stair climbing test ( p = 0.0004 ) , and presented a greater proportion of cardiac comorbiditiy with respect to the patients without complications ( p = 0.02 ) . After logistic regression analysis , significant predictors of postoperative complications result ed in the presence of a concomitant cardiac disease ( p = 0.04 ) and a low height climbed preoperatively ( p = 0.0015 ) . CONCLUSIONS A symptom-limited stair climbing test was a safe and simple instrument capable of predicting cardiopulmonary complications in the elderly after lung resection
No significant associations were found for hip flexion strength , WIQ distance score , or WIQ speed score with mortality .
CONCLUSIONS A number of lower extremity performance measures are prognostic markers for mortality in PAD and may be useful clinical tools for identifying patients at higher risk of death .
BACKGROUND Peripheral artery disease ( PAD ) is associated with impaired mobility and a high rate of mortality .
The aim of this systematic review was to investigate whether reduced lower extremity performance was associated with an increased incidence of  cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in people with PAD .