A biomechanical perspective on walking in patients with peripheral artery disease.

ABSTRACT: The most common symptom of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is intermittent claudication, which consists of debilitating leg pain during walking. In clinical settings, the presence of PAD is often noninvasively evaluated using the ankle-brachial index and imaging of the arterial supply. Furthermore, various questionnaires and functional tests are commonly used to measure the severity and negative effect of PAD on quality of life. However, these evaluations only provide information on vascular insufficiency and severity of the disease, but not regarding the complex mechanisms underlying walking impairments in patients with PAD. Biomechanical analyses using motion capture and ground reaction force measurements can provide insight into the underlying mechanisms to walking impairments in PAD. T

SUBMITTER: Bapat GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997455 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature