Prescribed Exercise With Compression vs Compression Alone in Treating Patients With Venous Leg Ulcers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Exercise is recommended as an adjuvant treatment for venous leg ulceration (VLU) to improve calf muscle pump function. However, the association of exercise with VLU healing has not been properly aggregated, and the effectiveness of different exercise interventions has not been characterized.

Objective

To summarize the association of different exercise interventions with VLU healing when used as an adjuvant to any form of compression.

Data sources

The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and SCOPUS databases were searched through October 9, 2017.

Study selection

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of any exercise compared with no exercise in participants with VLU were included, where compression was used as standard th

SUBMITTER: Jull A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248128 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature