Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty results in improved physical function but not balance in patients with intermittent claudication.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify whether revascularization by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for patients with intermittent claudication improved measures of functional performance including balance.

Methods: A prospective observational study was performed at a single tertiary vascular center. Patients with symptomatic intermittent claudication (Rutherford grades 1-3) were recruited to the study.

Balance impairment, physical ability, and its link with disease severity in patients with intermittent claudication.

Background: To determine whether increasing claudication severity is associated with impaired balance and physical functional ability.

Methods: A prospective observational study in claudicants was performed. Disease severity was determined according to Rutherford's criteria.