Exercise therapy in routine management of peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the extent to which routine care management of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication (IC) align with best practice recommendations on exercise therapy. We conducted a scoping review to examine the published literature on the availability and workings of exercise therapy in the routine management of patients with PAD and IC, and the attitude and practice of health professionals and patients.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted in February 2018. The Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Ovid MEDLINE, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, ScienceDirect, Web of Science and the Directory of Open Access Repositories were searched. Hand searching of reference lists of identified studies was a

SUBMITTER: Abaraogu UO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7273548 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature