Exercise for intermittent claudication

Magnetic resonance imaging-based monitoring of collateral artery development in patients with intermittent claudication during supervised exercise therapy

“…The ABI was measured to correlate possible functional vascular improvements (ie, increased APF) with a well-established and clinically widely applied functional test. Results in this study show that although the pain free walking distance of patients did increase, there was no increase in ABI after, respectively, 3 and 6 months of SET, respectively, which is in line with Watson et al, 30 who did not find changes in ABI during SET either. These results are also comparable with MRI findings, where no vascular adaptations or collateral artery formation was detected either.…”

“…Many studies have shown the benefits of SET to increase pain free and maximum walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication. 2,[4][5][6][7][8][28][29][30][31] Our study corroborates prior work and provides further evidence in support of this highly effective and low-cost intervention. The strongest improvement was made during the first 3 months of therapy, during which the pain free walking distance increased significantly compared with baseline values.…”

Magnetic resonance imaging-based monitoring of collateral artery development in patients with intermittent claudication during supervised exercise therapy

“…The ABI was measured to correlate possible functional vascular improvements (ie, increased APF) with a well-established and clinically widely applied functional test. Results in this study show that although the pain free walking distance of patients did increase, there was no increase in ABI after, respectively, 3 and 6 months of SET, respectively, which is in line with Watson et al, 30 who did not find changes in ABI during SET either. These results are also comparable with MRI findings, where no vascular adaptations or collateral artery formation was detected either.…”

“…Many studies have shown the benefits of SET to increase pain free and maximum walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication. 2,[4][5][6][7][8][28][29][30][31] Our study corroborates prior work and provides further evidence in support of this highly effective and low-cost intervention. The strongest improvement was made during the first 3 months of therapy, during which the pain free walking distance increased significantly compared with baseline values.…”

A plantar flexion device exercise programme for patients with peripheral arterial disease: a randomised prospective feasibility study

“…These results are in line with other evidence where it was shown that the ankle brachial pressure index does not change significantly with exercise in peripheral artery disease patients. 6 Our data is also concordant with one other study that evaluated a year-long exercise program in peripheral artery disease patients. 17 Crowther and colleagues' study had a similar drawback to ours in terms of sample size (total n =21), raising the possibility that a false-negative result is obtained.…”

Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Therapy, Supervised Exercise, and Revascularization for Patients With Intermittent Claudication: A Network Meta‐analysis

“…Our findings on the benefits of supervised exercise are consistent with existing systematic reviews of exercise therapy in patients with IC . Although several different outcome measures for walking distance and time were reported, the existing data consistently demonstrate improved walking measures with exercise training when indirectly compared with usual care or medical therapy.…”

Magnetic resonance imaging-based monitoring of collateral artery development in patients with intermittent claudication during supervised exercise therapy

“…The ABI was measured to correlate possible functional vascular improvements (ie, increased APF) with a well-established and clinically widely applied functional test. Results in this study show that although the pain free walking distance of patients did increase, there was no increase in ABI after, respectively, 3 and 6 months of SET, respectively, which is in line with Watson et al, 30 who did not find changes in ABI during SET either. These results are also comparable with MRI findings, where no vascular adaptations or collateral artery formation was detected either.…”

“…Many studies have shown the benefits of SET to increase pain free and maximum walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication. 2,[4][5][6][7][8][28][29][30][31] Our study corroborates prior work and provides further evidence in support of this highly effective and low-cost intervention. The strongest improvement was made during the first 3 months of therapy, during which the pain free walking distance increased significantly compared with baseline values.…”

A plantar flexion device exercise programme for patients with peripheral arterial disease: a randomised prospective feasibility study

“…These results are in line with other evidence where it was shown that the ankle brachial pressure index does not change significantly with exercise in peripheral artery disease patients. 6 Our data is also concordant with one other study that evaluated a year-long exercise program in peripheral artery disease patients. 17 Crowther and colleagues' study had a similar drawback to ours in terms of sample size (total n =21), raising the possibility that a false-negative result is obtained.…”

Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Therapy, Supervised Exercise, and Revascularization for Patients With Intermittent Claudication: A Network Meta‐analysis

“…Our findings on the benefits of supervised exercise are consistent with existing systematic reviews of exercise therapy in patients with IC . Although several different outcome measures for walking distance and time were reported, the existing data consistently demonstrate improved walking measures with exercise training when indirectly compared with usual care or medical therapy.…”

Magnetic resonance imaging-based monitoring of collateral artery development in patients with intermittent claudication during supervised exercise therapy

“…The ABI was measured to correlate possible functional vascular improvements (ie, increased APF) with a well-established and clinically widely applied functional test. Results in this study show that although the pain free walking distance of patients did increase, there was no increase in ABI after, respectively, 3 and 6 months of SET, respectively, which is in line with Watson et al, 30 who did not find changes in ABI during SET either. These results are also comparable with MRI findings, where no vascular adaptations or collateral artery formation was detected either.…”

“…Many studies have shown the benefits of SET to increase pain free and maximum walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication. 2,[4][5][6][7][8][28][29][30][31] Our study corroborates prior work and provides further evidence in support of this highly effective and low-cost intervention. The strongest improvement was made during the first 3 months of therapy, during which the pain free walking distance increased significantly compared with baseline values.…”

A plantar flexion device exercise programme for patients with peripheral arterial disease: a randomised prospective feasibility study

“…These results are in line with other evidence where it was shown that the ankle brachial pressure index does not change significantly with exercise in peripheral artery disease patients. 6 Our data is also concordant with one other study that evaluated a year-long exercise program in peripheral artery disease patients. 17 Crowther and colleagues' study had a similar drawback to ours in terms of sample size (total n =21), raising the possibility that a false-negative result is obtained.…”

Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Therapy, Supervised Exercise, and Revascularization for Patients With Intermittent Claudication: A Network Meta‐analysis

“…Our findings on the benefits of supervised exercise are consistent with existing systematic reviews of exercise therapy in patients with IC . Although several different outcome measures for walking distance and time were reported, the existing data consistently demonstrate improved walking measures with exercise training when indirectly compared with usual care or medical therapy.…”