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 .
Post‐resistance exercise hypotension in patients with intermittent claudication
OBJECTIVE : To verify the acute effects of resistance exercise on post‐exercise blood pressure in patients with intermittent claudication . METHODS : Eight patients r and omly underwent two experimental sessions : a session of resistance exercise ( R : 6 exercises , 3 sets of 12 , 10 and 8 reps with a perceived exertion of 11 to 13 on the 15‐ grade Borg scale ) and a control session ( C : resting on exercise machines ) . RESULTS : Before and for 60 min following an intervention , auscultatory blood pressure was measured while subjects rested in a sitting position . After the C session , systolic , diastolic and mean blood pressures did not change from the pre‐intervention values , while these values decreased significantly after the R session throughout the entire recovery period ( greatest decreases = ‐14±5 , ‐6±5 , and ‐9±4 mmHg , respectively , P < 0.05 ) . CONCLUSION : After a single bout of resistance exercise  patients with intermittent claudication exhibited reduced systolic , diastolic and mean blood pressures , suggesting that acute resistance exercise may decrease cardiovascular load in these patients
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 .