[The Essen walking training model]

Patients suffering from intermittant claudiation should be treated mainly by walking. Following the example of Weidinger and Bachl, who established in Vienna 1981 for these patients walking groups, we also started with this treatment in Essen. Since 1988 117 patients, 68 men and 49 women took part regularly at least 3 months in one of the walking groups. Only 9% of the patients could not improve their walking distance.