EXERCISE TRAINING 4—EXERCISE TRAINING IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE (PAOD)

The use of specifically designed exercise training regimes for patients with intermittent claudication.

Key physiological principles See also key physiological principles in Exercise Training 1. • Reduced exercise capacity in patients with PAOD is not solely due to reduced lower limb

blood flow. • Contributing factors include:

– metabolic inefficiency; – diminished cardio-respiratory reserve; – exercise induced inflammation (Tan et al. 2000).