Exercise and intermittent claudication. Blood flow in the calf muscle during walking studied by the xenon-133 clearance method.

Blood Flow in the Calf Muscle During Walking Studied by the Xenon - 133 Clearance Method

Nineteen patients with obliterative arteriosclerotic disease of the legs and suffering from intermittent claudication were studied before and during a 6 months' training program. The maximal walking distance and the calf muscle blood flow during walking (xenon-133 clearance technique) was recorded at monthly intervals. A significant correlation was established between improvement in maximal wal...

Exercise and Intermittent Claudication

Nineteen patients with obliterative arteriosclerotic disease of the legs and suffering from intermittent claudication were studied before and during a 6 months' training program. The maximal walking distance and the calf muscle blood flow during walking (xenon-133 clearance technique) was recorded at monthly intervals. A significant correlation was established between improvement in maximal wal...

Muscle blood flow during exercise in intermittent claudication. Validation of the 133-xenon clearance technique: clinical use by comparison to plethysmography and walking distance.

MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW DURING EXERCISE In patients suffering from intermittent claudication,

Pathophysiological considerations predict that exercise blood flows at comparable work loads must always be reduced in claudicants in comparison to normal subjects. The present study verified that the exercise blood flow determined by 133xenon clearance measurements in the gastrocnemius muscle in claudicants and in a control group differed widely. As expected, a statistically significant correl...

MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW DURING EXERCISE In patients suffering from intermittent claudication,

Pathophysiological considerations predict that exercise blood flows at comparable work loads must always be reduced in claudicants in comparison to normal subjects. The present study verified that the exercise blood flow determined by 133xenon clearance measurements in the gastrocnemius muscle in claudicants and in a control group differed widely. As expected, a statistically significant correl...