Changes in Gait Variables in Patients with Intermittent Claudication

Table 1

Mean values (±SD) of kinematic variables of gait of patients with IC compared to healthy people (normal values).

Variable:	Right lower limb		Left lower limb
	Patients	Norm	Patients	Norm
Relative variables (%)
Support	64.7 ± 2.3	65.4 ± 1.7	64.6 ± 2.8	65.4 ± 1.7
Swing	35.3 ± 2.3	34.6 ± 1.7	35.0 ± 2.3	34.7 ± 1.7
Double stance	15.1 ± 2.5	15.4 ± 1.8	14.2 ± 2.2	15.3 ± 1.6
Temporal variables (s)
Stride	1.22 ± 0.13	1.18 ± 0.09	1.22 ± 0.13	1.18 ± 0.09
Support	0.79 ± 0.1	0.77 ± 0.06	0.79 ± 0.1	0.77 ± 0.06
Swing	0.43 ± 0.04	0.41 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.04	0.41 ± 0.03
Gait variables (m)
Stride length	1.12 ± 0.12	1.31 ± 0.13	1.12 ± 0.12	1.32 ± 0.13
Step length	0.5 ± 0.06	0.65 ± 0.16	0.51 ± 0.07	0.65 ± 0.16
Velocity variables (m/s)
Lower limb swing	2.3 ± 0.3	2.73 ± 0.34	2.29 ± 0.31	2.73 ± 0.34
Gait velocity	0.93 ± 0.15	1.12 ± 0.15	0.93 ± 0.15	1.12 ± 0.16

indicates significant differences between patients with IC and healthy people (norm values) at p < 0.05.