Beneficial effects of exercise beyond the pain threshold in intermittent claudication

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-120

  Carlon, Roberto ^a   Morlino, Tommaso ^a   Maiolino, Pietro ^a  

^a Cittadella General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ergometric stress test; Exercise; Peripheral vessels; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TRAINING; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG; PAIN THRESHOLD; POPLITEAL ARTERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WALKING;

EID: 0037496161     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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