Table 2.

Evolution of claudication questionnaires.

Questionnaire	Year created/ revised	Symptom category	Symptom characteristics
Rose16 WHO/Rose25	1962	Intermittent Claudication (Rose IC) ▪ Grade 1 ▪ Grade 2	Exertional calf pain ▪ Walking uphill or hurrying ▪ Walking at ordinary pace on the level Never starts at rest (standing/sitting) Never disappears while walking Causes patient to slow down or stop Usually disappears in 10 minutes or less
	1985	Possible IC28	Exertional calf pain Never starts at rest Otherwise not fully concordant with the Rose IC criteria
	1991	Probable IC29	Exertional calf pain One WHO/Rose criteria not fulfilled
ECQ17	1992	Definite IC (Rose IC) ▪ Grade 1 ▪ Grade 2 Atypical IC	Fully concordant with Rose IC criteria ▪ Walking uphill or hurrying ▪ Walking at ordinary pace on the level Pain in thigh or buttock in the absence of calf pain, otherwise concordant with Rose IC criteria
SDCQ18	1996	Rose IC Non-Rose exercise calf pain Non-calf exercise leg pain Leg pain on exertion and at rest No pain	Fully concordant with Rose IC criteria Exertional calf pain; at least one Rose IC criteria not fulfilled Pain in either leg excluding calf (can be thigh or buttock), does not begin at rest Exertional leg pain starts at rest Reports no pain in calf, thigh, or buttock