Experience Implementing Supervised Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Supervised exercise therapy (SET) is a cornerstone of treatment for improving walking distance for individuals with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and claudication. High quality randomized controlled trials have documented the efficacy of SET as a claudication treatment and led to the recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid decision to cover supervised exercise therapy (SET). However, to date, the translation of highly controlled, laboratory based SET programs in real world cardiopulmonary rehabilitation settings has been unexplored.

Methods

In this article, we describe our experience integrating SET into existing cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programs, focusing on patient evaluation, exercise prescription, outcome assessments, strategies to maximize prog

SUBMITTER: Salisbury DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6529193 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature