am·bu·late

(ăm′byə-lāt′)

intr.v. am·bu·lat·ed, am·bu·lat·ing, am·bu·lates

To walk from place to place; move about.

[Latin ambulāre, ambulāt-, to walk; see ambhi in Indo-European roots.]

am′bu·la′tion n.

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Noun

ambulation - walking about; "the hospital encouraged early ambulation"

walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"

Translations

ambulation

n deambulación f, ambulación f, (el) caminar

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While the CHMP adopted a negative opinion of the extension, PTC was informed by EMA representatives that the European Public Assessment Report, or EPAR, will be updated to clarify that patients who start Translarna while ambulatory are not required to discontinue treatment after loss of ambulation. Translarna is currently indicated for ambulatory Duchenne patients who are over two years of age; the requested extension would have allowed for the inclusion of non-ambulatory patients in the label.

PTC Therapeutics saysCHMP adopts negative opinion of extension of Translarna

The Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) [15,16] and Hoffer Ambulation Scale [17,18] were used to evaluate functional ambulation levels before and after treatment.

Demographic and clinical features and rehabilitation outcomes of patients with Friedreich ataxia: A retrospective study

Objective: To determine the effect of two dimensional echocardiography on time of surgery, post-operative ambulation and hospital stay among patients with lower limb fractures.

PREOPERATIVE TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB FRACTURES; ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME OF SURGERY, POST-OPERATIVE AMBULATION AND HOSPITAL STAY

Early ambulation which is hallmark of surgery done under local anaesthesia is a relative term, open to many interpretations.

Study of uncomplicated adult inguinal hernia repair under local anaesthesia and spinal anaesthesia

In their study of the effects of progressive ambulation on heart rate variability following acute MI, SantosHiss and colleagues concluded progressive exercise improved vagal tone and decreased sympathetic and parasympathetic imbalance at rest.

The walk to save: benefits of inpatient cardiac rehabilitation

Among ambulatory patients with critical limb ischemia and without a history of prior major amputation, ambulation rates following infrainguinal bypass are 97 percent [2-3] but are only 20 percent among those with such a history [4].

Ambulation and independence among veterans with nontraumatic bilateral lower-limb loss

An abridged account about an Antarctic avian, affirmed awkward at ambulation, apt, avid and adroit at aquatic aviation.

Adelie

The benefit of early ambulation is that it increases the comfort of the patients [12].

Effects of early mobilization program on the frequency of pain and duration of hospitalization of patients with myocardial infarction

While a number of testing devices advertise that they measure the coefficient of friction on floors, it is important to make sure the device mimics human ambulation. Modern testing devices mimicking human ambulation provide a representative reading of the change in slip resistance between dry and wet floor conditions.

Caution: wet floors ahead