周辺動脈疾患における足の症状:関連する臨床的特徴と機能障害
M M McDermott1, P Greenland, K Liu
1Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA. mdm608@northwestern.edu
JAMA
|October 5, 2001
まとめ
周周動脈疾患 (PAD) は,中断性クラウディケーション (IC) を超える様々な足の症状を示します. これらの多様な症状は,PAD患者の異なる機能的制限と併発症と相関しています.
科学分野:
- 血管医学 血管医学とは
- クリニック・リサーチ 臨床研究
- 患者さんの機能が機能している.
背景:
- 周辺動脈疾患 (PAD) は,しばしば,古典的な断続性クラウディケーション (IC) を超える足の症状で表れます.
- 多くのPAD患者は無症状または非典型の足の苦情がある.
- 足の症状のスペクトルを理解することは,PADの総合的な管理に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- PAD患者の幅広い足の症状に関連した臨床的特徴と機能的制限を特定する.
- 様々なPAD症状のプレゼンテーションにおける機能障害を区別するために.
- PADにおける足の症状に対する併発症の影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- 460人のPAD患者と130人の対照群を対象とした横断的な研究.
- PADを診断するために足首-腕指数 (ABI) を利用しました.
- 6分の散歩,身体活動モニター,椅子の持ち上げ,バランステスト,歩行速度,検証されたアンケートを使用して機能的状態を評価しました.
主要な成果:
- すべてのPAD群は,対照群と比較して機能が悪かった.
- 非典型的な運動による足の痛みグループは,ICグループよりも優れた機能を示しました.
- 休息と運動中の足の痛みを持つ患者は,重要な機能的欠陥とより高い併発症率 (例えば,糖尿病,脊髄狭窄症) を示しました.
結論:
- 周周動脈疾患 (PAD) は,断続性閉塞 (IC) 以上の幅広い足の症状を網羅しています.
- 併発性疾患は,PADで観察された様々な足の症状に寄与する可能性があります.
- 機能障害は,すべてのPAD症状群で流行しており,症状のタイプによって重度が異なります.
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