Data showed improvements secondary to exercise in ' physical function ' and ' general health ' .
The other domains - ' role physical ' , ' bodily pain ' , ' vitality ' , ' social ' , ' role emotional ' , and ' mental health ' - did not show improvement at six months .
Although results showed significant heterogeneity between trials , population s and outcomes were comparable overall , with findings relevant to the claudicant population .
High- quality evidence shows that exercise programmes provided important benefit compared with placebo or usual care in improving both pain-free and maximum walking distance in people with leg pain from IC who were considered to be fit for exercise intervention .
Exercise did not improve ABI , and we found no evidence of an effect of exercise on amputation or mortality .
Exercise may improve quality of life when compared with placebo or usual care .
BACKGROUND Exercise programmes are a relatively inexpensive , low-risk option compared with other , more invasive therapies for treatment of leg pain on walking ( intermittent claudication ( IC ) ) .
This is the fourth up date of a review first published in 1998 .
OBJECTIVES Our goal was to determine whether an exercise programme was effective in alleviating symptoms and increasing walking treadmill distances and walking times in people with intermittent claudication .
Secondary objectives were to determine whether exercise was effective in preventing deterioration of underlying disease , reducing cardiovascular events , and improving quality of life .
A single bout of resistance exercise does not modify cardiovascular responses during daily activities in patients with peripheral artery disease
Objective To analyze the posteffects of a single bout of resistance exercise on cardiovascular parameters in patients with peripheral artery disease ( PAD ) . Design R and omized cross-over . Material s and methods Seventeen PAD patients performed two experimental sessions : control ( C ) and resistance exercise ( R ) . Both sessions were identical ( eight exercises , 3 × 10 repetitions ) , except that the R session was performed with an intensity between 5 and 7 in the OMNI-RES scale and the C session was performed without any load . Systolic blood pressure ( BP ) , diastolic BP , heart rate , and rate – pressure product ( RPP ) were measured for 1 h after the interventions in the laboratory and during 24-h using ambulatory BP monitoring . Results After the R session , systolic BP ( greatest reduction : −6±2 mmHg , P<0.01 ) and RPP ( greatest reduction : −888±286 mmHg × bpm ; P<0.01 ) decreased until 50 min after exercise . From the second hour until 23 h after exercise , BP , heart rate , and RPP product were similar ( P>0.05 ) between R and C sessions . BP load , nocturnal BP fall , and morning surge were also similar between R and C sessions ( P>0.05 ) . Conclusion A single bout of resistance exercise  decreased BP and cardiac work for 1 h after exercise under clinical conditions , and did not modify ambulatory cardiovascular variables during 24 h in patients with PAD
Data showed improvements secondary to exercise in ' physical function ' and ' general health ' .
The other domains - ' role physical ' , ' bodily pain ' , ' vitality ' , ' social ' , ' role emotional ' , and ' mental health ' - did not show improvement at six months .
Although results showed significant heterogeneity between trials , population s and outcomes were comparable overall , with findings relevant to the claudicant population .
High- quality evidence shows that exercise programmes provided important benefit compared with placebo or usual care in improving both pain-free and maximum walking distance in people with leg pain from IC who were considered to be fit for exercise intervention .
Exercise did not improve ABI , and we found no evidence of an effect of exercise on amputation or mortality .
Exercise may improve quality of life when compared with placebo or usual care .
BACKGROUND Exercise programmes are a relatively inexpensive , low-risk option compared with other , more invasive therapies for treatment of leg pain on walking ( intermittent claudication ( IC ) ) .
This is the fourth up date of a review first published in 1998 .
OBJECTIVES Our goal was to determine whether an exercise programme was effective in alleviating symptoms and increasing walking treadmill distances and walking times in people with intermittent claudication .
Secondary objectives were to determine whether exercise was effective in preventing deterioration of underlying disease , reducing cardiovascular events , and improving quality of life .