AMBULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ambulation mean? 

• AMBULATION (noun)
  The noun AMBULATION has 1 sense:

1. walking about

  Familiarity information: AMBULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMBULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walking about

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the hospital encouraged early ambulation

Hypernyms ("ambulation" is a kind of...):

walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)

Derivation:

ambulate (walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking)

ambulatory (relating to or adapted for walking)

 Context examples 

A standardized rating scale developed by John F. Kurtzke in 1983 to measure the disability status and level of functioning in people with multiple sclerosis primarily based on ambulation.

(Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

The functional system (FS) scores collected from this questionnaire are used in conjunction with observations and information regarding ambulation and the use of assistive devices to rate the EDSS.

(Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

High open-field defecation (2/12, males, 3/12 females) and low ambulation (11/12), Harrington (1972).

(A990, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Results are ranked as steps from 0 to 10, with steps 1 through 4.5 describing MS patients who are fully ambulatory and steps 5 through 9.5 describing increasing impairment to ambulation.

(Expanded Disability Status Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by Hohol et al in 1995, which is a self-assessment scale of functional disability in multiple sclerosis patients primarily based on ambulation.

(Disease Steps Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

An adverse event, and/or its immediate sequelae, which is associated with an imminent risk of death or which is associated with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit the ability of a person to perform activities of daily living (eating, ambulation, toileting, etc.) See NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events.

(Life Threatening or Disabling Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An adverse event, and/or its immediate sequelae which is associated with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit the ability of a person to perform activities of daily living (eating, ambulation, toileting, etc.).

(Disabling Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)