Exercise prescription using the heart of claudication pain onset in patients with intermittent claudication

OBJECTIVE: To assess the acute metabolic and cardiovascular responses to walking exercise at an intensity corresponding to the heart rate of claudication pain onset and to investigate the effects of a 12-week walking training program at this intensity on walking capacity. METHODS: Twenty-nine patien...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Marcel da Rocha Chehuen, Luis Augusto Riani Costa, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Nelson Wolosker, John Michael Saxton, Cláudia Lúcia de Moraes Forjaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2013-07-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000700974&lng=en&tlng=en