Six months of calf exercise training in a patient with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication: A case report

Clinical Kinesiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Figoni, Stephen F ^a   Kunkel, Charles F ^a,c   Scremin, A M Erika ^a,c   Dedes, Howard ^b   Kalioundji, Gus ^b   Thomas, Bahnam ^b   Bang, Huy T ^a   Liu, Peony ^c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Exercise therapy; Peripheral vascular diseases; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLAUDICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREADMILL;

EID: 74549154812     PISSN: 08969620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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