patients with peripheral arterial disease are recommended to perform all exercise forms including elliptical type. electromagnetic treatment addition to exercise may increase benefits of this exercise
patients (40 elderly) with peripheral arterial disease who take their medications will be divided to older patients group that receive one hour elliptical exercise (n=20 patients, exercise will be applied 3 times per the week for eight week) and a group (n=20) that receive 3 sessions per weeks of 8-week electromagnetic one-hour therapy and one hour elliptical exercise (exercise will be applied 3 times per the week for eight week)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
patients (20 elderly) with peripheral arterial disease who take their medications will receive one hour elliptical exercise ( exercise will be applied 3 times per the week for eight week) and 3 sessions per weeks of 8-week electromagnetic one-hour pulsed therapy
patients (20 elderly) with peripheral arterial disease who take their medications will receive one hour elliptical exercise (n=20 patients, exercise will be applied 3 times per the week for eight week)
Ahram canadian university
Giza, Egypt
RECRUITINGankle brachial index
it is an vascular index used in assessment of peripheral arterial disease progression
Time frame: It will be measured after 8 weeks
posterior tibial artery diameter
increase in vascular diameter of vessel denotes improved arterial disease
Time frame: It will be measured after 8 weeks
claudication pain time
the starting onset time of pain appearance during treadmill test
Time frame: It will be measured after 8 weeks
claudication pain distance
the distance at which onset of pain appeared during treadmill test
Time frame: It will be measured after 8 weeks
Modified walking impairment questionnaire
it assess degree of walking impairment in vascular disease patients
Time frame: It will be measured after 8 weeks
six minute walking test (pain free distance)
pain free distance walked during six minute walking test will be calculated
Time frame: It will be measured after 8 weeks
six minute walking test (total walked distance)
total distance walked during six minute walking test will be calculated
Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks
intermittent claudication questionnaire
it will assess health-related quality of life concerning the issue of intermittent claudication
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Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks
short form 36 health questionnaire
it will assess general quality of life in the patients
Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks
Short physical performance battery
total score or points will be assessed from this physical performance test
Time frame: it will be measured after 8 weeks