Exercise for intermittent claudication

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Lane, Risha ^a   Harwood, Amy ^a   Watson, Lorna ^b   Leng, Gillian C ^c  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ILOPROST; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO;

AMPUTATION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DETERIORATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RUNNING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; ANALGESIA; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AMPUTATION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 85038908682     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000990.pub4     Document Type: Review

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