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

Table 2

Posttherapy comparison of measured differences between study groups.

Variable	Walking exercises	Resistance training
Initial claudication distance [m] (treadmill)	90.2 (±115.1)	61.7 (±169.9)
Absolute claudication distance [m] (treadmill)	145 (±232.5)	148.3 (±446.9)
Initial claudication distance [m] (6-minute walking test)	69.6 (±107.6)	18.12 (±93.6)
Number of intervals (6-minute walking test)	−0.3 (±1.2)	−0.33 (±0.9)
Total walking distance [m] (6-minute walking test)	41.8 (±68.8)	27.1 (±65.9)
Resting ABI right side	−0.004 (±0.177)	0.006 (±0.041)
Resting ABI left side	0.02 (±0.115)	−0.02 (±0.095)
Exertional ABI right side	−0.02 (±0.201)	0.022 (±0.078)
Exertional ABI left side	0.007 (±0.082)	−0.014 (±0.078)

ABI: Ankle Branchial Index.