Exercise Therapy in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Evaluating the Clinical Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy and Exploring Determinants of Improvement
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Interventions
- Other: ControlOther: Walking
- Registration Number
- NCT03995589
- Lead Sponsor
- KU Leuven
- Brief Summary
I. To investigate whether patient characteristics, exercise therapy characteristics, local metabolic exercise response, endothelial function, autonomic function or atherosclerotic lesion location can predict the walking response to a successfully completed semi-supervised exercise intervention in patients with intermittent claudication (WP I) II. To assess the effect of a home-based exercise intervention with remote monitoring and coaching on cardiovascular risk factors in patients with intermittent claudication (WP II)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 59
Inclusion Criteria
- age > 17 yrs
- ABI ≤0.9 and/or 20% decrease after a maximal treadmill test
- intermittent claudication (Rutherford 1-3)
- ability to undertake an exercise test and read and understand Dutch questionnaires
Exclusion criteria
- exercise test induced signs of complex arrhythmias or significant ischemia during baseline testing
- other comorbidity limiting participation in the exercise group
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Control Control - Walking Group Walking -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain free walking distance Baseline - 12 weeks Treadmill protocol
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
KU Leuven
🇧🇪Leuven, Belgium