Functional status in patients with PAD compared
with that of historical control group.
Treadmill training improved functional status in
patients with clandication as compared with a non treatment,
PAD control group. However, whether
treadmill-trained patients with PAD achieved the
functional status of a non diseased, age-matched
control group was not assessed. To better evaluate the
clinical effectiveness of treadmill training in patients
with claudication, changes in selected questionnaire
measures over the 24-week treadmill training program
were compared with published values of
healthy individuals in the same age range as patients
in this study.