Treadmill exercise and resistance training in patients with peripheral arterial disease with and without intermittent claudication: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Neither supervised treadmill exercise nor strength training for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) without intermittent claudication have been established as beneficial.

Objective

To determine whether supervised treadmill exercise or lower extremity resistance training improve functional performance of patients with PAD with or without claudication.

Design, setting, and participants

Randomized controlled clinical trial performed at an urban academic medical center between April 1, 2004, and August 8, 2008, involving 156 patients with PAD who were randomly assigned to supervised treadmill exercise, to lower extremity resistance training, or to a control group.

Main outcome measures

Six-minute walk performance and the short physical performan

SUBMITTER: McDermott MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3268032 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature