Cochrane · systematic review · CD000990
Exercise for intermittent claudication
Lane, R, Harwood, A, Watson, L, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library
VascularAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 14.3%Moderate 4 · 57.1%High 2 · 28.6%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Is exercise an effective intervention in intermittent claudication?
Population: adults with intermittent claudication
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Pain‐free walking distance (m) | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 391 participants | High |
Maximum walking distance (m) | no estimate extracted | 10 studies · 500 participants | High |
Ankle brachial index | no estimate extracted | 13 studies · 570 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |
Mortality: all‐cause deaths | RR 0.92 [0.39, 2.17] | 5 studies · 540 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Amputation | RR 0.2 [0.01, 4.15] | 1 study · 177 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Quality of Life SF‐36 Physical Summary score (scale 0 to 100, higher score indicates better quality of life) | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 429 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |
Quality of Life SF‐36 Mental Summary score (scale 0 to 100, higher score indicates better quality of life) | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 343 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |