ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2004
Walking exercise in patients with intermittent claudication. Experience in routine clinical practice.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00279994 (Exercise Therapy in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Exercise Therapy in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease: the Costs and Effectiveness of Physiotherapeutic Supervision With or Without Therapy Feedback Versus a "go Home and Walk" Advice
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intensity-dependent effects of exercise therapy on walking performance and aerobic fitness in symptomatic patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Supervised exercise therapy versus home-based exercise therapy versus walking advice for intermittent claudication.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
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- Supervised exercise training versus usual care in ambulatory patients with left ventricular assist devices: A systematic review.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
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- Do behaviour-change techniques contribute to the effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with intermittent claudication? A systematic review.European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery · 2013Pooled it
- Acute lower leg transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation increases leg blood flow and exercise capacity in patients with peripheral arterial disease.Experimental physiology · 2026Trial
- Thermotherapy reduces blood pressure and circulating endothelin-1 concentration and enhances leg blood flow in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2016Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy in Patients with Intermittent Claudication-A Comparison of Supervised Exercise, Home-Based Structured Exercise, and Walk Advice from the SUNFIT Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The Impact of a Structured, Supervised Exercise Program on Daily Step Count in Sedentary Older Adults With and Without HIV.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2020Article
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- Patient perspectives on claudication: An opportunity to improve the adoption and adherence of exercise therapy.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2017Article
- The ClaudicatioNet concept: design of a national integrated care network providing active and healthy aging for patients with intermittent claudication.Vascular health and risk management · 2012Article
- The development and implementation of a regional network of physiotherapists for exercise therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease, a preliminary report.BMC health services research · 2005Article
- Exercise therapy in routine management of peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication: a scoping review.Therapeutic advances in cardiovascular diseaseArticle
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundIn patients with intermittent claudication, exercise in the form of walking is effective in reducing pain and maximising achievable walking distance. However, data are lacking on the implementation of walking exercise in these patients.
aimsTo explore the current behaviour and views of patients with intermittent claudication towards taking walking exercise. DESIGN OF STUDY: Postal questionnaire and focus group meetings.
settingTwo academic general practice networks (Utrecht and Maastricht Universities) in The Netherlands.
methodThree hundred and seventy-five patients with intermittent claudication, selected from the files of general practitioners participating in two academic general practice networks, were sent a postal questionnaire; 216 (58%) were returned. Nine of these responders also attended a focus group meeting.
resultsSeventy per cent (151/216) of the patients reported having received advice about walking exercise. If specified, the advice given most often recommended walking in the local neighbourhood (56%, 84/151). Fifty-two per cent (113/216) of all patients actually performed walking exercise and only 32%of them received any kind of supervision. Among the barriers for taking walking exercise, 'comorbidity', 'lack of (specific) advice' and 'lack of supervision' were often mentioned. Among the stimuli to start and continue walking, 'following the doctor's advice', 'relief of complaints' and 'a better general condition' were often mentioned by patients.
conclusionsWalking exercise was not carried out by almost half of patients with intermittent claudication in this study. Lack of specific advice and supervision were found to be important barriers to taking walking exercise.
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