Effect of individual exercise prescription on walking ability of patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans of lower limbs

Abstract

Objective To explore whether individualized exercise prescription can improve the walking ability of patients with lower extremity arteriosclerosis occlusion (ASO). Methods A total of 64 ASO patients with ankle brachial index (ABI) between 0.6 and 0.9 were randomly divided into the observation group (32 cases) and the control group (32 cases), Patients in the control group received routine nursing intervention, and patients in the observation group received nursing intervention based on individualized exercise prescription, ABI and walking impaired questionnaire (WIQ) scales were measured at admission and 12 weeks after intervention. Results There was no statistically significant difference in ABI values before and after the intervention of the control group (P > 0.05), and ABI values before and after the intervention of the observation group were 0.72 + 0.15 and 0.77 + 0.13 respectively (t=2.254, P 0.05) in the two groups; the walking distance and walking speed after intervention in the observation group were (498.38±77.11) m and (50.44±11.27); the control group was (461.72±64.64) m and (44.02±9.86), and the differences were statistically significant (t=2.06, 2.43, P < 0.05). Conclusions Individualized exercise prescription can improve the degree of ischemia of the affected limb, improve the walking distance and walking speed of the patients, and it is convenient to implement and worthy of clinical promotion. Key words: Individualized exercise prescription; Arteriosclerosis obliterans of lower extremities; Ability of walking