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Intervention study reveals daily activity thresholds linking exercise to improved quality of life in peripheral artery disease, suggesting clear targets for claudication rehabilitation.
Following 3 months of home-based and supervised exercise programs for patients with PAD and claudication, increases of 11 minutes in time spent in MVPA and 1211 total daily steps were associated with large anchor-based MCID increases in HRQoL. The clinical implication is that patients with PAD and claudication should be encouraged to increase daily steps, particularly by walking an additional 11 minutes each day in MVPA, which is associated with a large meaningful increase in HRQoL.
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