Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
Ambulatory status NINDS Health assessment
e.g., Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Instrumental ADL, cognitive function, etc.
NIH CDEs
  • NINDS
    • Disease
      • Stroke
        • Classification
          • Core
        • Domain
          • Participant History and Family History
            • General Health History
    • Domain
      • Participant History and Family History
        • General Health History
    • Population
      • Adult
      • Pediatric

# Datatype
Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning definition
Able to ambulate independently (no help from another person) w/ or w/o device Able to ambulate independently (no help from another person) w/ or w/o device Patient ambulating without assistance (no help from another person) with or without a device. This means Patient is able to ambulate without help from another person. The use of a device, such as a cane, still meets this definition.
Unable to ambulate Unable to ambulate Patient is on bed rest. Patient is only getting out of bed to the bedside commode (or up in chair) and is primarily in the bed (or immobile).
Unknown Unknown Unknown or not documented. It is unable to determine from documentation.
With assistance (from person) With assistance (from person) Patient ambulating with assistance of another person.

# Definition
Status that reflects the participant's/subject's ability to walk

# Designation
Ambulatory status

# Identifier Origin Version
wObZCDCnd0x NLM CDEs 12-02-2025-download
C14639 NINDS 3
AmbulatStatus BRICS Variable Name N/A