Supervised exercise therapy versus home-based exercise therapy versus walking advice for intermittent claudication

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Volumn 2018, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Hageman, David ^a,b   Fokkenrood, Hugo J P ^c   Gommans, Lindy N M ^a   van den Houten, Marijn M L ^a,b   Teijink, Joep A W ^a,b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Rijnstate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOMEBASED EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAXIMAL TREADMILL WALKING DISTANCE; MAXIMAL TREADMILL WALKING TIME; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SUPERVISED EXERCISE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); AGED; ANALGESIA; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; WALKING;

AGED; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WALKING;

EID: 34250210023     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005263.pub4     Document Type: Review

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