Claudication

claudication /clau·di·ca·tion/ (klaw?di-ka´shun) limping; lameness.

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intermittent claudication  pain, tension, and weakness in the legs on walking, which intensifies to produce lameness and is relieved by rest; it is seen in occlusive arterial disease.

jaw claudication  a complex of symptoms like those of intermittent claudication but seen in the muscles of mastication in giant cell arteritis.

neurogenic claudication  that accompanied by pain and paresthesias in the back, buttocks, and legs that is relieved by stooping, caused by mechanical disturbances due to posture or by ischemia of the cauda equina.

venous claudication  intermittent claudication due to venous stasis.

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clau·di·ca·tion (klôd-kshn)

n.

1. A halt or lameness in a person's walk; a limp.

2. See intermittent claudication.

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Claudication

Cramping or pain in a leg caused by poor blood circulation. This condition is frequently caused by hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis). Intermittent claudication occurs only at certain times, usually after exercise, and is relieved by rest.

Mentioned in: Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, Sympathectomy

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claudication

limping or lameness.

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intermittent claudication

a complex of signs characterized by absence of pain or discomfort in a limb when at rest, the commencement of pain, tension and weakness after walking is begun, intensification of the condition until walking is impossible, and the disappearance of signs after the limb has been at rest. It is seen in occlusive arterial disease of the limbs, e.g. iliac thrombosis.

venous claudication

intermittent claudication caused by venous stasis.