Telehealth Exercise Training in Peripheral Arterial Disease - TEXT-PAD

Exclusion Criteria

• •chronic limb threatening ischemia
• •short claudication distance \<50m
• •severe heart disease (Grade III or IV, New York Heart Association)
• •severe ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke or neurodegenerative diseases
• •severe hypertension (systolic blood pressure of more than 180 mm Hg, and a diastolic
• •blood pressure of more than 100 mm Hg)
• •uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias (unstable angina during the previous month and
• •myocardial infarction during the previous month)
• •a resting heart rate of more than 120 beats per minute
• •has already undergone angioplasty, bypass or other surgical intervention for PAD
• •other severe comorbid conditions preventing the ability to engage in physical activity,
• •inability or unwillingness to undertake the commitments of the study