Home-based exercise programmes for individuals with intermittent claudication: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this updated review is to consider the evidence base for the effectiveness of home-based exercise programmes as a treatment option for improving walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication.

Methods

The Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PEDro and Cochrane CENTRAL databases will be searched for terms including 'intermittent claudication', 'peripheral arterial disease', 'home-based exercise' and 'home-based walking'. No date restrictions will be used but only articles in the English language will be included. Both randomised and non-randomised trials of home-based exercise programmes versus a comparator arm will be included, and a meta-analysis using only the randomised controlled trials will be attempted if the assumptions of heterogeneity are met.

SUBMITTER: Pymer SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6295772 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature