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Effects Of Exercise Training On Calf Muscle Fatigue In Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease
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Effects Of Exercise Training On Calf Muscle Fatigue In Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

Roslyn Clapperton, Tanja Windegger, Philip J Walker, Simon Green, Karl Schulze, Fraser D Russell and Christopher D Askew
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Vol.42(5, Supplement 1), p.733
Clinical Exercise Physiology III (Clinical Exercise Physiology Association), 2010 (04-Jun-2010)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2010
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https://doi.org/10.1249/01.MSS.0000386128.53581.6dView
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Abstract

Human Movement and Sports Science Biomedical Engineering peripheral arterial disease exercise calf muscle fatigue
Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) commonly experience ischaemic calf muscle pain that is associated with exercise intolerance and physical inactivity. Exercise training leads to significant improvements in exercise capacity without changes in limb blood flow capacity. A better understanding of the kinetics of calf muscle fatigue in PAD, and how this responds to exercise training, would help clarify the mechanisms of exercise intolerance in PAD patients.

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