title: Effects of physical training on peripheral vascular disease: a controlled study.
abstract: The effects of physical exercise on 8 stage II peripheral vascular disease (PVD) patients were observed after a six-month training program. Doppler velocimetry (including the treadmill test), strain gauge plethysmography, and transcutaneous oxygen pressure were used to quantify the results, which were compared with those obtained in a control group of another 8 stage II PVD patients, under placebo therapy for six months. The results show physical exercise increased the walking capacity, both the pain-free walking time and the maximum walking time. No significant difference was observed in the other parameters studied, in either the exercise patients or the control group.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mannarino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pasqualini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menna
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maragoni
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Orlandi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015444:Exercise; D005080:Exercise Test; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010991:Plethysmography; D013997:Time Factors