Promoting an increased awareness and standardized approaches in diagnosing and treating peripheral artery disease

PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE (PAD)

Exercise Therapy

Structured exercise is the initial therapy in the vast majority of patients with claudication. Both supervised exercise and structured home exercise programs are effective at improving the symptoms of claudication. As such, exercise therapy received strong endorsement in the recent 2016 AHA/ACC Lower Extremity PAD Guideline.