Evaluating Two Exercise Training Programs to Reduce Leg Pain in People With Peripheral Arterial Disease (The EXERT Study)

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Intermittent Claudication, Peripheral Vascular Diseases

In brief

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a disorder that affects more than 8 million people in the United States. As a result of decreased blood flow to the legs, people with PAD may experience leg pain and difficulty with walking. This study will examine the effectiveness of two exercise programs-a treadmill walking program and an aerobic arm exercise program-at increasing walking distance and decreasing leg pain in people with PAD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00895635

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

104

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2014-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Has lifestyle-limiting claudication
• Able to walk on a treadmill at 2 mph
• Able to perform arm ergometry exercise
• Able to complete a 12-week exercise program

You may not qualify if…

• Physical activities are limited for reasons other than claudication
• Uncontrolled high blood pressure
• Uncontrolled diabetes
• Unstable coronary heart disease
• Ischemic rest pain or tissue loss
• Recent (in the 3 months before study entry) coronary or peripheral revascularization

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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