Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 702-709 , October 2005

The effect of exercise intensity on the response to exercise rehabilitation in patients with intermittent claudication

Presented at the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting, Waimea, Hawaii, March 22-25, 2004.

  • Andrew W. Gardner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CMRI Metabolic Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Andrew W. Gardner, PhD, Hobbs-Recknagel Professor, CMRI Metabolic Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1122 N.E. 13th Street, ORI-W 1400, Oklahoma City, OK 73117.
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  • Polly S. Montgomery, MS

      Affiliations

    • CMRI Metabolic Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland
    • ,
  • William R. Flinn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Maryland
    • ,
  • Leslie I. Katzel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland
    • Maryland Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

Received 2 April 2005 ,Accepted 30 May 2005.

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 Competition of interest: none.Supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) (R01-AG-16685, K01-00657; A. W. G.), by a Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center grant from NIA (P60-AG12583), by a Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center grant from the Veterans Affairs Administration, and by a National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, General Clinical Research Center grant (M01-RR-14467).

PII: S0741-5214(05)00919-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.049

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 702-709 , October 2005

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