Patients with peripheral artery disease ‘underestimate walking progress’
Self-reported improvement after exercise programs tends to fall short of objective data, researchers say
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Taking the word of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) on whether they can walk farther after an exercise program is likely to significantly underplay the benefit of the intervention, a US study suggests.
This effect could be important, particularly in trials comparing revascularisation with exercise that use patient-reported outcomes, the authors caution.