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neurogenic claudication

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

neurogenic claudication,
claudication accompanied by pain and paresthesias in the back, buttocks, and lower limbs that is relieved by stooping, caused by mechanical disturbances resulting from posture or by ischemia of the cauda equina.


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The findings of this review are consistent with a recent best-practice clinical guideline recommending that use of physical therapy and exercise may be potentially beneficial in certain subgroups of patients for controlling symptoms of LSS with neurogenic claudication (Watters et al 2008).
Patient group: Adults with neurogenic claudication without associated spondylolisthesis.
Edward Benzel, who diagnosed neurogenic claudication and lumbar stenosis.
 
 
 
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