EXERCISE REHABILITATION OF YOUNGER AND OLDER CLAUDICANTS

年龄和运动强度对运动员体能训练的影响 患者的跛行疼痛症状和腿部循环 将检查间歇性跛行。 假设（1） 年龄较大的患者（大于70岁）将有更大的疾病 严重程度，以及跛行疼痛和腿部疼痛的相对改善 运动康复4个月后的循环比年轻 患者（大于60岁），（2）两者的改善 年龄组将更大的康复计划， 更高的运动强度（步行能力的70%）， 使用较低强度（40%步行能力）>临床意义 这些预期的结果是运动康复变得更加 随着患者年龄的增长，有效治疗跛行疼痛， 该计划应包括更高而不是更低强度的锻炼 更好地改善跛行疼痛和腿部循环， 可以避免疾病进展到更严重的终点。

The effects of age and exercise intensity of physical conditioning on claudication pain symptoms and leg circulation of patients with intermittent claudication will be examined. It is hypothesized that (1) older patients (greater than 70 years of age) will have greater disease severity, and greater relative improvements in claudication pain and leg circulation following 4 months of exercise rehabilitation than younger patients (greater than 60 years of age), and (2) the improvements of both age groups will be greater following a rehabilitation program that uses higher exercise intensity (70% of walking capacity) that a program that uses lower intensity (40% of walking capacity)> The clinical significance of these anticipated findings is the exercise rehabilitation becomes more effective in the treatment of claudication pain as patients age, and a program should consist of exercise at higher rather than lower intensity for greater improvements in claudication pain and leg circulation, which may circumvent disease progression to more serious endpoints.