Intermittent Claudication

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intermittent claudication

[‚in·tər¦mit·ənt klȯ·də′kā·shən]

(medicine)

Cramping pain or weakness in the lower extremities during exercise, caused by occlusion of the arteries.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Intermittent Claudication

pain in the gastrocnemius muscles during walking, caused by insufficient blood supply to the lower extremities. It was described by J. M. Charcot in 1858.

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Gaspar, "Vasculitides as a rare cause of intermittent claudication," Bratislava Medical Journal, vol.

A Case of Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting as Rapidly Progressing Intermittent Claudication of Right Leg

Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with intermittent claudication. Br J Surg.

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Effect of cilostazol in patients with intermittent claudication: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled study.

THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE ABI INDEX FOLLOWING 3 MONTH TREATMENT WITH CILOSTAZOL IN PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE

[8] evaluated the improvement in gait after surgical treatment of patients with neurogenic intermittent claudication. Papadakis et al.

Identification of the causative disease of intermittent claudication through walking motion analysis: feature analysis and differentiation

History of intermittent claudication and history of pain during walking, standing, walking uphill (Edinburgh questionnaire) was taken.

Ankle brachial pressure index: as a predictor of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic & non diabetic subjects

Many people with PAD have mild or no symptoms, and only about 10 percent of people with PAD have typical intermittent claudication. Nevertheless, PAD is very common and affects about 8 million Americans.

Peripheral arterial disease

Intermittent claudication is defined as fatigue, discomfort, or pain that occurs in specific lower limb muscle groups during effort as the result of exercise-induced ischemia that is usually relieved by rest (1).

Cardiovascular responses during graded treadmill exercise in men with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication

The frequency of low ABI is 32% and symptoms of intermittent claudication is 3.3%.

ROLE OF ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE

The review included RCTs of population groups with history of coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction; patients with intermittent claudication or hypercholesterolemia; and patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, as well as prospective cohorts of healthy populations.

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We report the case of an Olympic taekwondo athlete with an atypical bilateral intermittent claudication that represented a handicap in her performance during competition fight.

Based on the clinical signs and results of the diagnostic workup, the presumptive diagnosis was intermittent claudication, a condition caused by peripheral vascular disease and defined as intermittent weakness and pain in the legs induced by exercise and relieved by rest.

Intermittent claudication-like syndrome secondary to atheroselerosis in a yellow-naped amazon parrot (amazona ochrocephala auropalliata)