Comparison of Walking with Poles and Traditional Walking for Peripheral Arterial Disease Rehabilitation
28 Mar 2025
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a 24-week walking with poles rehabilitation program with a traditional 24-week walking program on physical function in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Patients with PAD (age = 69.7±8.9 years) were randomized into a rehabilitation program of traditional walking or walking with poles. Patients exercised 3 times per week for 24 weeks. Exerciseendurance was measured by time walked on a constant workrate treadmill test at 6, 12, and 24 weeks. Perceived physical function was measured by the SF-36 and Walking Impairment
Questionnaire. Tissue oxygenation was measured using near-infrared spectroscopy. Patients assigned to the traditional walking group walked longer at 24 weeks than those assigned to the pole walking group (21.10±17.07 min and 15.02±12.32 respectively). There were no differences between the groups in tissue oxygenation. However, there was a significant lengthening of time for which it took to reach minimum tissue oxygenation values within the groups on the constant workrate test. There were no differences between the groups in perceived physical function as measured by the physical function subscale on the Short- Form 36 or perceived walking distance as measured by the walking distance subscale on the Walking Impairment Scale.
Traditional walking was superior to walking with poles in increasing walking endurance on a constant workrate treadmill test for patients with peripheral arterial disease
Patients with PAD (age = 69.7±8.9 years) were randomized into a rehabilitation program of traditional walking or walking with poles. Patients exercised 3 times per week for 24 weeks. Exerciseendurance was measured by time walked on a constant workrate treadmill test at 6, 12, and 24 weeks. Perceived physical function was measured by the SF-36 and Walking Impairment
Questionnaire. Tissue oxygenation was measured using near-infrared spectroscopy. Patients assigned to the traditional walking group walked longer at 24 weeks than those assigned to the pole walking group (21.10±17.07 min and 15.02±12.32 respectively). There were no differences between the groups in tissue oxygenation. However, there was a significant lengthening of time for which it took to reach minimum tissue oxygenation values within the groups on the constant workrate test. There were no differences between the groups in perceived physical function as measured by the physical function subscale on the Short- Form 36 or perceived walking distance as measured by the walking distance subscale on the Walking Impairment Scale.
Traditional walking was superior to walking with poles in increasing walking endurance on a constant workrate treadmill test for patients with peripheral arterial disease
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