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Claudication |
Claudication, literally 'limping', is used as a medical term in various contexts. It is also used figuratively. Claudication refers to cramplike pains in the calves caused by poor circulation of the blood to the leg muscles. Jaw claudication is pain in the jaw or ear while chewing. The most commonly used application of claudication is to describe the pain in the legs on exertion suffered by arteriopaths. The lack of compliance of the arterial tree, usually due to atherosclerosis, means that ...
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- Achilles Tendon Rupture (MayoClinic)
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Bernhardt-Roth Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Bone Lengthening (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Burning Thigh Pain (Meralgia Paresthetica) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Claudication (Cleveland Clinic)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Intermittent Claudication (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Leg Injuries (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Leg Ulcer (National Institutes of Health)
- Compartment Syndrome (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- False Claudication (Pseudoclaudication) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Familial Spastic Paralysis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Find an Orthopaedist (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Growing Out of It: Leg and Foot Development in the Growing Child (Shriners Hospitals for Children)
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- Know Your Risk: Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) Self-Test (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Leg Injuries and Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
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- Leg Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Legs for Life (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Limb Length Discrepancy (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Meralgia Paresthetica Disease Information Page (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- MR Imaging (MRI)-Musculoskeletal (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Muscle Strains in the Thigh (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Nocturnal Leg Cramps (McGraw-Hill Companies)
- Occlusive Peripheral Arterial Disease (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Pediatric Thighbone (Femur) Fracture (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Peripheral Arterial Disease and Claudication (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society)
- Questions and Answers about Sprains and Strains (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Radiography (X-ray) - Bone (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Repetitive Motion Disorders (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Shin Splints (MayoClinic)
- Shinbone (Tibia) Fractures (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Sprains and Strains (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Thighbone Fracture (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Walk This Way: Managing the Pain of Intermittent Claudication (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- What a Pain! Kids and Growing Pains (Nemours Foundation)
- Your Child Has Been Diagnosed with Bowed Legs (Genu Varum) (Shriners Hospitals for Children)
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