The Impact of Walking Exercises and Resistance Training upon the Walking Distance in Patients with Chronic Lower Limb Ischaemia

Table 1

Differences between data medians in patients performing walking exercises and resistance training prior to the therapy (where = the level of significance).

Variable	Walking exercises				Resistance training
	Before	After	% of change	value	Before	After	% of change	value
Initial claudication distance [m] (treadmill)	78.3 (±64.1)	168.5 (±113.2)	115%	<0.001	125 (±134.7)	186.7 (±211.9)	49%	0.027
Absolute claudication distance [m] (treadmill)	172.3 (±137.8)	318.3 (±230.8)	85%	0.001	254.3 (±223.3)	402.7 (±501.6)	58%	0.033
Initial claudication distance [m] (6-minute walking test)	108.8 (±85.3)	178.5 (±111.6)	64%	0.001	135.6 (±123.6)	160.4 (±130.6)	18%	0.204
Number of intervals (6-minute walking test)	1.4 (±1.5)	1.1 (±1.4)	−21%	0.251	0.9 (±1)	0.6 (±0.9)	−33%	0.103
Total walking distance [m] (6-minute walking test)	305.1 (±78.1)	346.9 (±888)	14%	0.004	322.7 (±71.4)	349.8 (±94.9)	8%	0.076
Resting ABI right side	0.69 (±0.14)	0.68 (±0.15)	−1%	0.624	0.65 (±0.14)	0.66 (±0.13)	2%	0.671
Resting ABI left side	0.65 (±0.14)	0.67 (±0.14)	3%	0.234	0.75 (±0.12)	0.73 (±0.14)	−3%	0.441
Exertional ABI right side	0.6 (±0.15)	0.58 (±0.14)	−3%	0.413	0.53 (±0.11)	0.56 (±0.12)	6%	0.698
Exertional ABI left side	0.57 (±0.13)	0.58 (±0.13)	2%	0.309	0.65 (±0.14)	0.63 (±0.15)	−3%	0.476

ABI: Ankle Branchial Index.