The aim of the study is to evaluate whether walking capacity in patients with intermittent claudication is improved more by home-based 5+ exercise training than by current recommendations of daily walking.
Patients with intermittent claudication will by a web-based program be randomized to either "five plus training" or walking at least 30 minutes three times per week. During the "five plus training" the participants are standing in front of a wall, which is used for support of the balance. The body is lifted with the calf musculature to the maximal height that the subject can achieve. This is repeated until pain is felt in the calf musculature. Following the initiation of pain the subject performs five extra repetitions. The five extra calf raises are included to secure induction of ischemia followed by reperfusion to secure maximal training effect. The patients are followed by absolute walking distance on a treadmill, quality of life questionnaire, and Ankle-brachial index.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
100
The patients are randomized to either walking 30 minutes 3 times a week or lifting the body to a tip toe position three times a day until pain in the claves and then add another five liftings before ending the session
Ålesund Sykehus
Ålesund, Norway
RECRUITINGHaukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway
RECRUITINGwalking distance
Measured on a tread mill before and after the training period
Time frame: 12 weeks
Quality of life
Measured with a questionnaire (VASCUQOL-6) before and after the training period
Time frame: 12 weeks
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