Bilateral Leg Claudication

Doppler Ultrasound- A type of ultrasound that can measure the direction and velocity of blood flow.

Bilateral leg claudication. Claudication is described as a pain that occurs in the legs during increased activity. The best-known example is Vascular claudication resulting from impaired blood flow into the legs aggravated by especially uphill walking subsiding with rest. Spinal stenosis is often observed in more than one level and narrowing may be unilateral or bilateral.

This is due to hardening of the arteries atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to use advanced biomechanical gait analysis to determine the gait alterations occurring in claudicating patients both before and after onset of claudication pain in their legs. She did not report any leg pain.

Claudication is pain in the calf thigh or hip muscle that occurs after you have walked a certain distance such as a block or more. Claudication typically is felt. Its also known as intermittent claudication.

The term claudication comes from the. The blockage means that blood flow in the leg is reduced. 11 If claudication pain occurs in patients who have none of these risk factors other less common.

Claudication limping in Latin is pain aching or fatigue in muscles of the buttocks thigh or calf that occurs with exertion and resolves with rest. Pain a burning feeling or a tired feeling in the legs and buttocks when you walk. The blockage means that blood flow in the leg is reduced.

The pain usually causes the person to limp. Claudication is the most common symptomatic manifestation of peripheral arterial disease PAD producing significant ambulatory compromise. Its is a sign of atherosclerosis which means.