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What is the definition or description of: difficulty climbing stairs?
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Climbing stairs. : Difficulty climbing stairs implies a muscular, skeletal, vascular or neurological condition that makes it difficult for someone to walk up steps. This could result from muscular weakness, joint instability, nerve insufficiency or underperfusion of muscles with blood.
Answered 4/26/2018
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