The Impact of Nordic Pole Walk Advice Alone or in Combination With Exercise Strategies on Daily Physical Activity in Patients With Intermittent Claudication: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The impact of exercise interventions on physical activity (PA) remains undetermined in intermittent claudication, which is why it is important to include objectively measured PA as an additional endpoint. The aim of this prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial was to investigate the impact of unsupervised Nordic pole walk advice (WA) alone or in combination with hospital-based supervised exercise (SEP) or home-based structured exercise (HSEP) on PA in patients with intermittent claudication.

Methods

In total, 166 patients with intermittent claudication (mean age = 72 [SD = 7.4] y; 41% women) were randomized to 3 intermittent claudication-treatment strategies: WA, WA + SEP, or WA + HSEP. All patients received Nordic poles and standardized WA (

SUBMITTER: Sandberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10630612 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature