Predictors of Improved Walking after a Supervised Walking Exercise Program in Men and Women with Peripheral Artery Disease.

ABSTRACT: We compared the changes in ambulatory outcomes between men and women with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) following completion of a supervised, on-site, treadmill exercise program, and we determined whether exercise training variables and baseline clinical characteristics were predictive of changes in ambulatory outcomes in men and women. Twenty-three men and 25 women completed the supervised exercise program, consisting of intermittent walking to mild-to-moderate claudication pain for three months. Men and women significantly increased claudication onset time (COT) (p < 0.001 and p < 0.01, resp.) and peak walking time (PWT) (p < 0.001 for each group). However, change in PWT was less in women (54%) than in men (77%) (p < 0.05). Neither group signif

SUBMITTER: Gardner AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5220567 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature