Increasing walking in patients with intermittent claudication: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cunningham, Maggie A ^a   Swanson, Vivien ^a   O'Carroll, Ronan E ^a   Holdsworth, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; WALKING; FOLLOW UP; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; WALKING;

EID: 77957336603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-10-49     Document Type: Article

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