Research Article

Changes in Gait Variables in Patients with Intermittent Claudication

Table 2

Mean values (±SD) of the lower limb joint range of motions for patients with IC compared to healthy people (normal values).

Range of motion (°):Right lower limbLeft lower limb
PatientsNormPatientsNorm

Pelvic obliquity5.0 ± 1.86.3 ± 1.8<0.0014.9 ± 1.86.3 ± 1.8<0.001
Pelvic tilt2.3 ± 0.92.3 ± 0.90.862.2 ± 0.82.2 ± 0.90.77
Pelvic rotation8.0 ± 3.211.1 ± 3.8<0.00017.9 ± 3.111.0 ± 3.8<0.0001

Hip abduction-adduction10.2 ± 2.79.1 ± 3.10.110.1 ± 2.612.1 ± 2.0<0.001
Hip flexion-extension41.4 ± 4.747.2 ± 3.8<0.000141.0 ± 5.342.3 ± 4.00.22
Hip internal-external rotation16.5 ± 4.119.2 ± 5.3<0.0115.8 ± 4.014.9 ± 3.60.28

Knee flexion-extension53.8 ± 5.357.1 ± 6.3<0.000154.4 ± 5.657.2 ± 6.8<0.0001

Ankle dorsi-plantar flexion23.5 ± 4.828.4 ± 5.6<0.000125.2 ± 5.322.0 ± 3.8<0.001
Foot progression11.1 ± 3.113.3 ± 4.2<0.0511.3 ± 3.99.7 ± 3.40.06