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