Intermittent claudication is:
A) severe neck spasms
B) wasting muscles
C) severe leg pain when walking very short distances
D) a type of muscular dystrophy
C
Explanation: Intermittent claudication is severe leg pain when walking very short distances. Torticollis is severe neck spasms. Atrophy is wasting muscles. Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is a type of muscular dystrophy.
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