Moderate Intensity Functional Training as Adjuvant Treatment in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

Subjects will perform a 12-week supervised exercise therapy program based on intermittent treadmill walking exercise (15-30 min.) and moderate intensity functional training (MIFT) (15 min.). In intermittent treadmill walking exercise, the speed and incline of treadmill will be adjusted that patients achieve moderate claudication pain in the time interval between 3 and 5 min. In MIFT, subjects must complete in 15 min. the highest number of repetitions / rounds possible (AMRAP) to a circuit composed of 6 global functional exercises from which they performed 10 repetitions with a rating of perceived exertion (RPE) of 5-7 on a 1 to 10 scale in each exercise.

Subjects will perform a 12-week supervised exercise therapy program based on intermittent treadmill walking exercise (30-45 min.). In intermittent treadmill walking exercise, the speed and incline of treadmill will be adjusted that patients achieve moderate claudication pain in the time interval between 3 and 5 min.