BACKGROUND In patients with intermittent claudication, exercise in the form of walking is effective in reducing pain and maximising achievable walking distance. However, data are lacking on the implementation of walking exercise in these patients. AIMS To explore the current behaviour and views of patients with intermittent claudication towards taking walking exercise. DESIGN OF STUDY Posta...

PURPOSE Intermittent claudication is the most common early symptom of peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Walking impairment questionnaire (WIQ) is a short, inexpensive, easy-to-complete questionnaire to assess intermittent claudication and can provide data of usual walking. The purpose of this study is to validate the new Korean version of WIQ. METHODS Total 51 patients with claudication ...

Intermittent claudication is an occasional side effect of beta-adrenergic blockade' but clinical details are lacking. Beta-blocking agents may exacerbate intermittent claudication in patients with severe peripheral arterial insufficiency.2 The following cases suggest that they may also provoke claudication in patients with previouslv asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease. Case 1 A man aged 5...

INTRODUCTION THIS PAPER is offered as a preliminary survey of mainstream writing about the pathology of fever in the sixteenth century. It is selective in the writers discussed, and confined to three topics: the definition of fever and febrile heat, the explanation of intermittent fevers, and the role of putrefaction.' The paper is partly concerned with the relation between tradition and innova...

INTRODUCTION It has been speculated that short (-1-h) exposures to intermittent normobaric hypoxia at rest can enhance subsequent exercise performance. Thus, the present study investigated the effect of daily resting intermittent hypoxic exposures (IHE) on peak aerobic capacity and performance under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. METHODS Eighteen subjects were equally assigned to eithe...

Pentoxifylline a derivative of methylxanthine and nonspecific inhibitor the phosphodiesterase with vasodilatory properties rheological on blood that made it useful in treatment intermittent claudication.

Background: Intermittent claudication mainly attributable to peripheral arterial disease is the experiencing of pain in legs, especially calf muscles, during walking and diabetic peripheral neuropathies are the commonest sequelae of diabetes mellitus. Diabetic peripheral neuropathies affect up to 50% of US patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The purpose of the current study was t...

BACKGROUND If a validated questionnaire, when applied to patients reporting with symptoms of intermittent claudication, could adequately discriminate between those with and without peripheral arterial disease, GPs could avoid the diagnostic measurement of the ankle brachial index. AIM To investigate the Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (ECQ) in general practice and to develop a clinical d...

PURPOSE Intermittent claudication is a common symptom of peripheral arterial disease. Currently, there is a lack of consensus on the most effective therapies for this problem. We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials assessing the efficacy of endovascular therapy (EVT) compared with noninvasive therapies for the treatment of intermittent claudication. METHODS Randomized trials compar...