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[The value of walking exercise in treatment of intermittent claudication]
K H Labs1, S Degischer, M Aschwanden
1Abteilung für Angiologie, Kantonsspital Basel. karl-heinz.labs@unibas.ch
Praxis
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
Physical training is one of the basic measures for all patients suffering from a generalized atherosclerosis. Specific training forms for PAD patients include home-based and structured, organized physical training programs; these are discussed and the results of meta-analyses presented. Whereas the published materials available for a home-based training is non-conclusive, structured training programs will lead to a statistically significant and clinically relevant improvement of a PAD patients' functional capacity.