Plantar Flexion as an Alternative to Treadmill Exercise for Evaluating Patients with Intermittent Claudication

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-329

  Yamamoto, K ^a   Miyata, T ^a   Onozuka, A ^a   Koyama, H ^b   Ohtsu, H ^b   Nagawa, H ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Claudication; Peripheral arterial disease; Plantar flexion; Stress test; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MYALGIA; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLANTAR FLEXION TEST; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

AGED; ANKLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33846673596     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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