Research Article
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) |
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ABI: Ankle Branchial Index.
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