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Claudication

MedGen UID:
265359
Concept ID:
C1456822
Finding
Synonyms: Lameness; Limping

Definition

Pain, cramping, and fatigue of the lower extremities upon ambulation due to ischemia. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVClaudication

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Grayson PC, Ponte C, Suppiah R, Robson JC, Gribbons KB, Judge A, Craven A, Khalid S, Hutchings A, Danda D, Luqmani RA, Watts RA, Merkel PA; DCVAS Study Group
Ann Rheum Dis 2022 Dec;81(12):1654-1660. Epub 2022 Nov 9 doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-223482. PMID: 36351705
Firnhaber JM, Powell CS
Am Fam Physician 2019 Mar 15;99(6):362-369. PMID: 30874413
Kalichman L, Hunter DJ
Eur Spine J 2008 Mar;17(3):327-335. Epub 2007 Nov 17 doi: 10.1007/s00586-007-0543-3. PMID: 18026865Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Stonko DP, Hicks CW
Adv Surg 2023 Sep;57(1):103-113. Epub 2023 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2023.04.009. PMID: 37536847Free PMC Article
Hossain P, Kokkinidis DG, Armstrong EJ
Curr Cardiol Rep 2019 Nov 14;21(12):138. doi: 10.1007/s11886-019-1227-4. PMID: 31728766
Firnhaber JM, Powell CS
Am Fam Physician 2019 Mar 15;99(6):362-369. PMID: 30874413
Ratchford EV
J Vasc Surg 2017 Jul;66(1):275-280. Epub 2017 May 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.02.040. PMID: 28533077
Norgren L, Hiatt WR, Dormandy JA, Nehler MR, Harris KA, Fowkes FG; TASC II Working Group
J Vasc Surg 2007 Jan;45 Suppl S:S5-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.037. PMID: 17223489

Diagnosis

Stonko DP, Hicks CW
Adv Surg 2023 Sep;57(1):103-113. Epub 2023 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2023.04.009. PMID: 37536847Free PMC Article
Firnhaber JM, Powell CS
Am Fam Physician 2019 Mar 15;99(6):362-369. PMID: 30874413
Patterson RB
J Vasc Surg 2017 Mar;65(3):594-602. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.11.027. PMID: 28236913
Lejay A, Ohana M, Lee JT, Georg Y, Delay C, Lucereau B, Thaveau F, Gaertner S, Chakfé N; Groupe Européen de Recherche sur les Prothèses Appliquées à la Chirurgie Vasculaire (GEPROVAS)
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2014 Apr;55(2 Suppl 1):225-37. PMID: 24796917
Norgren L, Hiatt WR, Dormandy JA, Nehler MR, Harris KA, Fowkes FG; TASC II Working Group
J Vasc Surg 2007 Jan;45 Suppl S:S5-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.037. PMID: 17223489

Therapy

Austevoll IM, Hermansen E, Fagerland MW, Storheim K, Brox JI, Solberg T, Rekeland F, Franssen E, Weber C, Brisby H, Grundnes O, Algaard KRH, Böker T, Banitalebi H, Indrekvam K, Hellum C; NORDSTEN-DS Investigators
N Engl J Med 2021 Aug 5;385(6):526-538. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2100990. PMID: 34347953
Zaina F, Tomkins-Lane C, Carragee E, Negrini S
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Jan 29;2016(1):CD010264. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010264.pub2. PMID: 26824399Free PMC Article
Med Lett Drugs Ther 2004 Nov 22;46(1196):95-6. PMID: 15557875
Sierpina VS, Wollschlaeger B, Blumenthal M
Am Fam Physician 2003 Sep 1;68(5):923-6. PMID: 13678141
Sorkin EM, Markham A
Drugs Aging 1999 Jan;14(1):63-71; discussion 72-3. doi: 10.2165/00002512-199914010-00005. PMID: 10069409

Prognosis

Ferreira JMM, Cunha P, Carneiro A, Vila I, Cunha C, Silva C, Longatto-Filho A, Mesquita A, Cotter J, Mansilha A, Correia-Neves M
Ann Vasc Surg 2021 Jul;74:460-474. Epub 2021 Feb 5 doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2021.01.076. PMID: 33556522
Gardner AW, Addison O, Katzel LI, Montgomery PS, Prior SJ, Serra MC, Sorkin JD
Med Sci Sports Exerc 2021 Apr 1;53(4):732-739. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002526. PMID: 32991346Free PMC Article
Criqui MH, Aboyans V
Circ Res 2015 Apr 24;116(9):1509-26. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.303849. PMID: 25908725
Salvarani C, Cantini F, Hunder GG
Lancet 2008 Jul 19;372(9634):234-45. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61077-6. PMID: 18640460
Criado E, Ramadan F, Keagy BA, Johnson G Jr
Surg Gynecol Obstet 1991 Aug;173(2):163-70. PMID: 1925871

Clinical prediction guides

Behroozian AA, Beckman JA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2021 Mar-Apr;65:2-8. Epub 2021 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2021.02.009. PMID: 33617896
Lichtenberg M, de Graaf R, Erbel C
Vasa 2018 Jun;47(4):259-266. Epub 2018 Mar 8 doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000696. PMID: 29514591
Gerhard-Herman MD, Gornik HL, Barrett C, Barshes NR, Corriere MA, Drachman DE, Fleisher LA, Fowkes FG, Hamburg NM, Kinlay S, Lookstein R, Misra S, Mureebe L, Olin JW, Patel RA, Regensteiner JG, Schanzer A, Shishehbor MH, Stewart KJ, Treat-Jacobson D, Walsh ME
Circulation 2017 Mar 21;135(12):e686-e725. Epub 2016 Nov 13 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000470. PMID: 27840332Free PMC Article
Lejay A, Ohana M, Lee JT, Georg Y, Delay C, Lucereau B, Thaveau F, Gaertner S, Chakfé N; Groupe Européen de Recherche sur les Prothèses Appliquées à la Chirurgie Vasculaire (GEPROVAS)
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2014 Apr;55(2 Suppl 1):225-37. PMID: 24796917
Mays RJ, Casserly IP, Kohrt WM, Ho PM, Hiatt WR, Nehler MR, Regensteiner JG
J Vasc Surg 2011 May;53(5):1410-21. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.11.092. PMID: 21334172Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Ammendolia C, Hofkirchner C, Plener J, Bussières A, Schneider MJ, Young JJ, Furlan AD, Stuber K, Ahmed A, Cancelliere C, Adeboyejo A, Ornelas J
BMJ Open 2022 Jan 19;12(1):e057724. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057724. PMID: 35046008Free PMC Article
Geneen LJ, Moore RA, Clarke C, Martin D, Colvin LA, Smith BH
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Apr 24;4(4):CD011279. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011279.pub3. PMID: 28436583Free PMC Article
Geneen LJ, Moore RA, Clarke C, Martin D, Colvin LA, Smith BH
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jan 14;1(1):CD011279. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011279.pub2. PMID: 28087891Free PMC Article
Zaina F, Tomkins-Lane C, Carragee E, Negrini S
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Jan 29;2016(1):CD010264. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010264.pub2. PMID: 26824399Free PMC Article
Lurie J, Tomkins-Lane C
BMJ 2016 Jan 4;352:h6234. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6234. PMID: 26727925Free PMC Article

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