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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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