from November 2007 until November 2008 forty PAD patients (mean (+-SD) age 69.1+-9.5 years, 60.0% male) with intermittent claudication corresponding to Rutherford categories 1-3 were randomly assigned to SET+BMT or BMT only. Demographic characteristics were similar in both groups (Table 1). Median (IQR) maximum walking distance was 101.5 (65.5,154.5) m in the BMT group and 84.4 (50,150) m in BMT group.