Purpose: To examine the effects of physical therapy (kinesitherapy and electrotherapeutic procedures) on the course of peripheral arterial occlusive disease by monitoring the changes in values of claudication distance and ankle-brachial indexes.
Methods: Prospective randomized study included 47 patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease manifested by intermittent claudications associated with ankle-brachial indexes values ranging from 0.5 to 0.9. Patients from the first group (25 pts) were treated with medicamentous therapy, walking exercises beyond the pain threshold, dynamic low-burden kinesi exercises and electrotherapeutic ageneses (interference therapy, diadynamic therapy, and electromagnetic field), while the second group of patients (22 pts) was treated with "conventional" non-operative treatment - medicamentous therapy and walking exercises. The values of newly established absolute claudication distance and ankle-brachial indexes were measured.
Findings: Significant increase of absolute claudication distance in both groups of patients was registered, independently of therapeutic protocol applied (p < 0.001), as well as the increase in the claudication distance interval in the physical therapy group. There was no significant increase in ankle-brachial indexes values in both groups of patients.
Conclusion: Methods of physical therapy presented valuable supplement in non-operative treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease patients, improving their functional ability and thus postponing surgical treatment. However, further investigations including larger number of patients are needed.
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Med Sci Monit
December 2024
Department of Perioperative Nursing, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
This study included 107 patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) undergoing revascularization and aimed to evaluate the effects of body mass index (BMI) on outcomes of quality of life (intermittent claudication questionnaire - ICQ), pain-free walking distance (PFWD), and maximum claudication distance (MCD). The study included 107 patients aged 18-80 years with PAD undergoing revascularization (average age 66±6.7 years; 82% men and 18% women, average BMI 28.
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INSERM, U1059-SAINBIOSE, Université Jean Monnet, Mines Saint-Étienne, France.
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