3) Treadmill exercise test
Your doctor will request this test if he still suspects peripheral vascular disease despite a normal ankle/brachial pressure index. In this test, the doctor measures your blood pressure in the arms and legs before the exercise then he will ask you to exercise (on the treadmill) till claudication occur. Then he will retake your blood pressure in the arms and legs and recalculate the ankle/brachial pressure index.
