Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 79-86 , July 2007

Exercise performance in patients with peripheral arterial disease who have different types of exertional leg pain

  • Andrew W. Gardner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CMRI Metabolic Research Center
    • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland
    • Maryland Veterans Affairs Health Care System
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Andrew W. Gardner, PhD, CMRI Hobbs-Recknagel Professor, General Clinical Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1122 NE 13th St, ORI-W 1400, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
    • ,
  • Polly S. Montgomery, MS

      Affiliations

    • CMRI Metabolic Research Center
    • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland
    • Maryland Veterans Affairs Health Care System
    • ,
  • Azhar Afaq, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section

Received 31 October 2006 ,Accepted 7 February 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Dr Gardner was supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) (R01-AG-16685, K01-00657), by a Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center grant from NIA (P60-AG12583), by a Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center grant (GRECC) 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(07)00325-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.037

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 79-86 , July 2007

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