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Supervised exercise therapy in a community-based setting is a promising approach to providing conservative treatment for patients with intermittent claudication.

Women with IC benefit less during the first 3 months of SET and have lower absolute walking distances after 12 months of follow-up compared with men. More research is needed to determine whether gender-based IC treatment strategies are required.

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More than half of patients with IC do not meet recommended standards of PA. Considering the serious health risks associated with low PA levels, these findings underscore the need for more awareness to improve physical exercise in patients with IC.

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Three months of SET for IC leads to more patients meeting the ACSM/AHA public health minimum recommendations for PA. Assessment of PA could be incorporated as an outcome parameter in future research comparing different treatment modalities for peripheral arterial disease.