Efficacy of a short-course intensive rehabilitation program in patients with moderate-to-severe intermittent claudication

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 467-472

  Ambrosetti, Marco ^a   Salerno, Mario ^a   Tramarin, Roberto ^a   Pedretti, Roberto F E ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exercise; Peripheral vessels; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TIBIAL ARTERY; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOCITY; WALKING;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WALKING;

EID: 0036703020     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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