Physical Activity Levels in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients

Aline Mendes Gerage, Marília de Almeida Correia, Paulo Mesquita Longano de Oliveira, Aline Cabral Palmeira, Wagner Jorge Ribeiro Domingues, Antônio Eduardo Zeratti, Pedro Puech‐Leão, Nelson Wolosker, Raphael Mendes Ritti‐Dias, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia · 2019 · 66 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

The patterns of physical activity of PAD patients are characterized by a large amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and a low engagement in MVPA. Younger patients, regardless of the clinical and functional factors, were more likely to meet the current physical activity recommendations.

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