Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a vascular disorder caused by occlusive atherosclerosis, which commonly impairs blood flow to the lower extremities. The prevalence of PAD is increasing globally ...

Background: Drug-eluting stents (DES) have been introduced successfully in clinical practice to prevent post-angioplasty restenosis. Nevertheless, concerns about the safety of DES still exist.

Objective To review the quality of literature and measurement properties of physical performance tests (PPTs) of the lower extremity in athletes. Methods Using the PICOS method we established our ...

Why do rural adults and racial and ethnic minorities with vascular disease get major leg amputations more often? A new study ...

Studying the principles of human gait is the center of many research studies. In order to analyze and predict the movement of the human walking, the lower extremity of human body is assumed to be a ...

Objective: The hepatic arterial buffer response is a well-known phenomenon in hepatic circulation, describing the response of hepatic arterial resistance to changes in portal vein flow. Several ...