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Life situation in people with peripheral arterial disease and their family members [PDF]

, 2011
Life with peripheral arterial disease and the resulting impaired walking ability leads to major limitations in daily life and a decreased quality of life.
Egberg, Louise
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A systematic review of exercise testing in patients with intermittent claudication: A focus on test standardisation and reporting quality in randomised controlled trials of exercise interventions.

PLoS ONE, 2021
A systematic review was conducted to identify the range of terminology used in studies to describe maximum walking distance and the exercise testing protocols, and testing modalities used to measure it in patients with intermittent claudication.
Stefan T Birkett, Amy E Harwood, Edward Caldow, Saïd Ibeggazene, Lee Ingle, Sean Pymer   +5 more
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The effect of sequential intermittent pneumatic compression of foot and calf on popliteal artery mean systolic blood flow in patients with intermittent claudication

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2012
Objective: To determine the effect of intermittent pneumatic foot and calf compression on popliteal artery mean systolic blood flow in patients with intermittent claudication. The secondary objective was to determine the change in blood flow with posture.
Daphne Anthonysamy, Zainal Ariffin Azizi, Hafizan Mohd Tajri   +2 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Cilostazol to Clopidogrel‐Treated Diabetic Patients With Symptomatic Lower Extremity Artery Disease in the Prevention of Ischemic Vascular Events

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for lower extremity arterial disease. Cilostazol expresses antiplatelet, anti‐inflammatory, and vasodilator actions and improves the claudication intermittent symptoms. We investigated the efficacy and
Kallirroi Kalantzi, Nikolaos Tentolouris, Andreas J. Melidonis, Styliani Papadaki, Michail Peroulis, Konstantinos A. Amantos, George Andreopoulos, George I. Bellos, Dimitrios Boutel, Magdalini Bristianou, Dimitrios Chrisis, Nikolaos A. Dimitsikoglou, John Doupis, Chrysoula Georgopoulou, Stergios A. Gkintikas, Styliani Iraklianou, Κonstantinos Kanellas, Kalliopi Kotsa, Theocharis Koufakis, Maria Kouroglou, Anastasios G. Koutsovasilis, Leonidas Lanaras, Eirini Liouri, Charalampos Lixouriotis, Akrivi Lykoudi, Efthymia Mandalaki, Evanthia Papageorgiou, Nikolaos Papanas, Spyridon Rigas, Maria I. Stamatelatou, Ioannis Triantafyllidis, Aikaterini Trikkalinou, Aikaterini N. Tsouka, Ourania Zacharopoulou, Christos Zoupas, Ioannis Tsolakis, Alexandros D. Tselepis   +36 more
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Diabetic foot disease and oedema [PDF]

, 2013
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are common and disabling, giving rise to significant morbidity and mortality as well as worldwide socioeconomic problems. Despite treatment, DFUs readily become chronic wounds and may lead to major lower limb amputations.
Ho, TK, Leigh, RD, Tsui, J
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Crossroads between peripheral atherosclerosis, western-type diet and skeletal muscle pathophysiology: emphasis on apolipoprotein E deficiency and peripheral arterial disease [PDF]

, 2017
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process that, in the presence of hyperlipidaemia, promotes the formation of atheromatous plaques in large vessels of the cardiovascular system.
Matsakas, Antonios, Sfyri, Peggy
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A Core Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy Syllabus for Physical Therapy Student Education

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Head, neck, and neuroanatomy are essential components of physical therapy education due to their broad clinical applications. Detailed syllabi exist for medical students, yet none have been developed for physical therapy. This study aimed to produce an International Federation of Associations of Anatomists core head, neck, and neuroanatomy ...
Stephanie J. Woodley, Brooke Willoughby, Alexandra L. Webb, Natasha A. M. S. Flack, Laura Y. Whitburn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arterial claudication

Vascular Investigation and Therapy, 2022
Arterial claudication is generally the revealing form of clinically symptomatic lower extremity artery disease. It is defined as a pain of limb muscles that occurs during exercise and is relieved within 10 min when exercise is lowered or stopped ...
Pierre Abraham, Simon Lecoq, Jeanne Hersant, Samir Henni   +3 more
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Atherectomy With Multimodal Embolic Protection for Severely Calcified Femoropopliteal Lesions

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Severe calcification in femoropopliteal lesions remains a clinical challenge to achieve both the technical and long‐term success in endovascular therapy. Although atherectomy is an effective treatment for calcified lesions, it is associated with the risk of distal embolization, even with the use of embolic protection devices (EPDs), and ...
Daichi Yoshii, Osamu Iida, Taku Toyoshima, Yoshiteru Okina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Roles of Physical Therapists in Wound Management: Part IV [PDF]

, 2009
Physical therapists are important members of the comprehensive wound management team. In addition to being able to provide standard wound care, they are well prepared to treat wounds with a variety of biophysical agents that introduce electromagnetic ...
Kloth, Luther C.
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