Community-based walking exercise for peripheral artery disease: An exploratory pilot study

• Published in: Vascular medicine (London, England) Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 339 - 347
• Main Authors: Mays, Ryan J, Hiatt, William R, Casserly, Ivan P, Rogers, R Kevin, Main, Deborah S, Kohrt, Wendy M, Ho, P Michael, Regensteiner, Judith G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2015; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Colorado; Community Health Services; Counseling; Exercise Test; Exercise Therapy - methods; Exercise Tolerance; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Intention to Treat Analysis; Intermittent Claudication - diagnosis; Intermittent Claudication - physiopathology; Intermittent Claudication - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Compliance; Peripheral Arterial Disease - diagnosis; Peripheral Arterial Disease - physiopathology; Peripheral Arterial Disease - therapy; Pilot Projects; Predictive Value of Tests; Program Evaluation; Recovery of Function; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Walking; Colorado; unsupervised exercise; claudication; activity monitors; environmental audit

Supervised walking exercise is an effective treatment to improve walking ability of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), but few exercise programs in community settings have been effective. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of a community-based walking exercise program wi...