What is it about?
Individuals with peripheral artery disease have blockages in the arteries in their legs. They have been shown to walk differently compared to healthy individuals. This article simulated reduced blood flow to the legs in healthy individuals, to see if the walking changes in patients with peripheral artery disease were due to reduced blood flow or other problems caused by peripheral artery disease.
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Why is it important?
To properly treat patients with peripheral artery disease, it is important to understand what causes them to walk differently than healthy individuals.
Perspectives
Studying differences in walking over multiple steps gives us a more representative picture. This study helped confirm that there are changes that happen in patients with peripheral artery disease, besides reduced blood flow, that cause their walking problems. To fully help people with peripheral artery disease walk better, we need to address muscle weakness and pain.
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity Sara A Myers
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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This page is a summary of: Gait variability is affected more by peripheral artery disease than by vascular occlusion, PLoS ONE, March 2021, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241727.
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