Functional improvements following StairMaster vs. treadmill exercise training for patients with intermittent claudication

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-55

  Jones, Pamela Parker ^a,d   Skinner, James S ^a   Smith, L Kent ^b   John, Frances M ^b   Bryant, Cedric X ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Randal Sports/Medical Equipment   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION;

EID: 0030063874     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-199601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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