Cochrane · systematic review · CD014736

Effects of additional exercise therapy after a successful vascular intervention for people with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease

Cucato, G, Longano, PPL, Perren, D, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2024 · 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 7 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

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

Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention compared to vascular intervention alone for people with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease

Population: people with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease§
7 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
MWD ‐ change from baseline
Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention vs vascular intervention alone
no estimate extracted2 studies · 89 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
6MWT ‐ change from baseline
Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention vs vascular intervention alone
no estimate extracted1 study · 49 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
PFWD ‐ change from baseline
Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention vs vascular intervention alone
no estimate extracted2 studies · 87 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
ABI ‐ absolute value
Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention vs vascular intervention alone
no estimate extracted2 studies · 110 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Mortality
Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention vs vascular intervention alone
OR 0.92 [0.42, 2]6 studies · 346 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Quality of life SF‐36 Physical component absolute score
Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention vs vascular intervention alone
no estimate extracted2 studies · 105 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Reintervention
Supervised exercise therapy following vascular intervention vs vascular intervention alone
OR 0.91 [0.23, 3.65]5 studies · 252 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency