Sample of variables
Intermittent claudication is clinical syndrome caused by
occlusive atherosclerotic process of terminal aorta and distal
branches with consequential chronically decreased perfusion
of limbs (4,5). We have measured the claudication distance
in both groups at beginning and at the end of the research
Measuring of the PSV value was made by color Doppler sonography
of artery tibialis posterior (ATP) – performed at ultrasound
device Vivid 5m high frequency probe of 12 MHz,
linear 4cm, where we measured PSV (peak systolic velocity)
at ATP.