Effects of Long-Term Home Exercise in Participants With Peripheral Artery Disease.

ABSTRACT: Background This randomized controlled trial compared long-term changes in peak walking time (PWT) and exercise time-to-minimum calf muscle oxygen saturation (StO₂) in symptomatic participants with peripheral artery disease following a long-term home exercise program (HEP), a short-term supervised exercise therapy (SET) program that transitioned to a long-term HEP (SET/HEP), and a control intervention. Methods and Results For the first 3 months, HEP and SET/HEP groups performed intermittent walking to mild-to-moderate claudication pain, whereas the control group performed light resistance training. For the subsequent 15 months, the HEP group continued their exercise program, the SET/HEP group transitioned from SET to the HEP program, and the control group transitioned to only rec

SUBMITTER: Gardner AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10727372 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature