Exercise Therapy in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Evaluating the Clinical Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy and Exploring Determinants of Improvement
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
- Enrollment
- 59
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain free walking distance
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
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)
Investigators
Véronique Cornelissen
Assistant Professor
KU Leuven
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain free walking distance
Time Frame: Baseline - 12 weeks
Treadmill protocol