ReviewJournal of vascular surgery2013
Community walking programs for treatment of peripheral artery disease.
Review in Journal of vascular surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- 2024 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/APMA/ABC/SCAI/SVM/SVN/SVS/SIR/VESS Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2024Guideline
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- The Impact of Interventions that Integrate Accelerometers on Physical Activity and Weight Loss: A Systematic Review.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2017Pooled it
- The effect of telephone health coaching and remote exercise monitoring for peripheral artery disease (TeGeCoach) on health care cost and utilization: results of a randomized controlled trial.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024Trial
- Biobehavioral Intervention Targeting Physical Activity Behavior Change for Older Veterans after Nontraumatic Amputation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- Physical activity behavior change for older veterans after dysvascular amputation.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Efficacy of brief behavioral counselling by allied health professionals to promote physical activity in people with peripheral arterial disease (BIPP): study protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Community-based walking exercise for peripheral artery disease: An exploratory pilot study.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2015Trial
- Development and feasibility testing of a new device for home-based leg heat therapy in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2025Article
- The Role of Physiotherapy in Peripheral Artery Disease in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Medical Management of Peripheral Artery Disease.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2023Review
- Decision Aids for Determining Facility Versus Non-Facility-Based Exercise in Those with Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease.Current cardiology reports · 2022Review
- Few UK vascular centres offer a fully NICE-compliant supervised exercise programme: a national audit.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2022Article
- Patient perspectives of ankle-foot orthoses for walking ability in peripheral artery disease: A qualitative study.Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing · 2020Article
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- A prospective community engagement initiative to improve clinical research participation in patients with peripheral artery disease.SAGE open medicine · 2020Article
- Role of the latest endovascular technology in the treatment of intermittent claudication.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundSupervised walking programs offered at medical facilities for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication (IC), although effective, are often not used due to barriers, including lack of reimbursement and the need to travel to specialized locations for the training intervention. Walking programs for PAD patients that occur in community settings, such as those outside of supervised settings, may be a viable treatment option because they are convenient and potentially bypass the need for supervised walking. This review evaluated the various methods and outcomes of community walking programs for PAD.
methodsA literature review using appropriate search terms was conducted within PubMed/MEDLINE and the Cochrane databases to identify studies in the English language that used community walking programs to treat PAD patients with IC. Search results were reviewed, and relevant articles were identified that form the basis of this review. The primary outcome was peak walking performance on the treadmill.
resultsTen randomized controlled trials examining peak walking outcomes in 558 PAD patients demonstrated that supervised exercise programs were more effective than community walking studies that consisted of general recommendations for patients with IC to walk at home. Recent community trials that incorporated more advice and feedback for PAD patients in general resulted in similar outcomes, with no differences in peak walking time compared with supervised walking exercise groups.
conclusionsUnstructured recommendations for patients with symptomatic PAD to exercise in the community are not efficacious. Community walking programs with more feedback and monitoring offer improvements in walking performance for patients with claudication and may bypass some obstacles associated with facility-based exercise programs.
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