of peripheral arterial disease and supervised walking on heart rate variability

Leg Ischemia and Aortoiliac Disease


Influence of peripheral arterial disease and supervised walking on heart rate variability


Leicht AS, Crowther RG, Golledge J (James Cook Univ, Townsville, Queensland, Australia) J Vasc Surg 54:1352–1359, 2011§



A. Chandra, MD



Evidence Ranking


• B



Expert Rating


• 2



Abstract



Objective


To examine the influence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on heart rate variability (HRV) in patients, and to examine the influence of an intense long-term (12 months) exercise program on HRV in PAD patients.



Methods


This study involved ambulatory patients attending a local hospital and university center. Participants were twenty-five patients with diagnosed PAD and intermittent claudication and 24 healthy, age-matched adults. Interventions involved random allocation of PAD patients to 12 months of conservative medical treatment (Conservative) or medical treatment with supervised treadmill walking (Exercise). The main outcome measures were time- and frequency-domain, nonlinear HRV measures during supine rest, and maximal walking capacity prior to and following the intervention.

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