Safety of supervised exercise therapy in patients with intermittent claudication

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 512-518.e2

  Gommans, Lindy N M ^a   Fokkenrood, Hugo J P ^a,b   Van Dalen, Hendrika C W ^a   Scheltinga, Marc R M ^c,d   Teijink, Joep A W ^a,b   Peters, Ron J G ^e  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CIRCUIT TRAINING; DYSPNEA; ERGOMETRY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHIALGIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUPERVISED EXERCISE THERAPY; TACHYCARDIA; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921508558     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.08.070     Document Type: Review

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