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Back to Episodes20. Vascular Claudication: What Is It and What Do We Do About It?
Description
What is Intermittent Claudication? What causes this and why is it important that we treat it? How do we treat this in Physical Therapy? In this episode we cover:
- Causes of Intermittent Claudication
- Signs/Symptoms that patients report
- Scales of Severity (Fontaine's, Rutherford Classification, and Bollinger Angiographic Classification)
- Objective Measures
- Walking Program Recommendations
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