Intermittent claudication and physical exercise: effectiveness of a home-based program

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) as a high incidence in general population and 12% to 20% of population with more than 60 years has already clinical symptoms, such as intermittent claudication (IC), pain, loss of strength and functional incapacity. There are already some studies that refer the poss...

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Main Author: Tomás, Maria Teresa (author)
Other Authors: Encarnação, Ana (author), Quintans, Dora (author), Gonçalves, Luís (author), Carolino, Elisabete (author), Coutinho, Maria Isabel (author), Medeiros, Duarte (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Fisioterapia
Reabilitação
Exercício físico
Doença arterial periférica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1531
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/1531
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Summary:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) as a high incidence in general population and 12% to 20% of population with more than 60 years has already clinical symptoms, such as intermittent claudication (IC), pain, loss of strength and functional incapacity. There are already some studies that refer the possible positive effects of physical exercise in functional consequences of PAD. The purpose of this study was to verify the results of a home-based (HB) weekly supervised physical exercise program in patients with IC in consequence of PAD in lower limbs, and observe the medium number of diary steps walked by the subjects of our study.

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