Effects of Exercise in the Functional Capacity, Central Artery and Rigidity Ankle Brachial Index

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Peripheral Arterial Disease

Treatments: Other: Device: treadmill Train_Comb_aerobic; Other: Device: treadmill

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02729090

14-0381

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Peripheral Arterial Disease prevalence is around 3-10 % of the world population. Exercise plays an important role in treating these patients.

Full description

Objective: To investigate the effects of training Combined Aerobic - Strength versus aerobic functional capacity, ankle brachial index (ABI ) and central arterial stiffness in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of DAP and CI .
• Stage I or II of Fontaine .
• intermittent claudication symptoms for at least 3 months with ankle brachial index (ABI ) at rest ≤ 0.90 in 1 or 2 legs.

Exclusion criteria

• Ischemia criticism in one of the lower limbs.
• moderate or severe ulcers on one of the lower limbs.Orthopedic issues that prevent pratical of the exercises or conducting evaluations .
• Participation in other studies with rehabilitation.
• decompensated hypertension .
• decompensated diabetes .
• Cardiovascular events less than three months .
• severe lung disease .

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Device: treadmill

Experimental group

Description:

Aerobic training on a treadmill continuously with speed and wave periodization. Frequency twice per week ( 2x ) for twelve weeks

Treatment:

Other: Device: treadmill

Device: treadmill Train_Comb_aerobic

Active Comparator group

Description:

strength training with free weights, followed by active recovery on a treadmill with fixed intervals of 60 to 120 seconds between each workforce of series.

Treatment:

Other: Device: treadmill Train_Comb_aerobic