Walking training in intermittent claudication: physiological responses assessed at rest and after maximal exercise
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Intermittent ClaudicationC14.907.137.126.669
- Registration Number
- RBR-3pq58k
- Lead Sponsor
- Escola de Educação Física e Esporte da Universidade de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Men; Age between 50 and 80 years; Ankle-brachial index < 0.90 at rest in 1 or 2 legs; Patients with Fontaine stage II symptoms; Able to walk
for at least 2 min at 3.2 km/h on a treadmill; Not users of peripheral vasodilators, clopidogrel, beta blockers or
nondihydropyridine calcium channel blockers.
Exclusion Criteria
Presence of muscle or skeletal disorders that precludes exercise execution; systolic and/or diastolic, respectively, greater than 140 and 90 mmHg; obesity level II or greater; Presence of complex arrhythmias and/ or ischemia during exercise
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method