@article{8abdfb775fc84c2caebc4f43082784a8,
title = "Exercise fidelity and progression in a supervised exercise programme for adults with venous leg ulcers",
abstract = "Purpose of investigation: Despite exercise being included in the recommended advice for patients with venous leg ulcers, there is a fear shared by clinicians and patients that exercise may be either inappropriate or harmful and actually delay rather than promote healing. Therefore, before implementing a larger scale study, exploring the effects of a supervised exercise programme in patients with venous ulcers being treated with compression therapy, it is important to assess exercise safety as well as fidelity and progression in a feasibility study.Methods: Eighteen participants randomised in the exercise group were asked to undertake 36 (3 times/week for 12 weeks), 60-minute exercise sessions, each comprising moderate-intensity aerobic, resistance and flexibility exercise components. For the purposes of this paper we analysed the data collected during the exercise sessions.Results: The overall session attendance rate was 79%, with 13/18 participants completing all sessions. No in-session adverse events were reported. 100% aerobic components and 91% of resistance components were completed within the desired moderate-intensity target. Similarly, 81% of aerobic components and 93% of flexibility components were completed within the prescribed duration targets.Conclusions: Our data showed that patients with venous ulcers could safely follow a supervised exercise programme incorporating moderate-intensity aerobic, resistance and flexibility components.",
keywords = "venous ulcers, aerobic exercise, intervention fidelity, exercise progression, safety",
author = "Markos Klonizakis and Anil Gumber and Emma McIntosh and Brenda King and Geoff Middleton and Jonathan Michaels and Garry Tew",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1111/iwj.12933",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "822--828",
journal = "International Wound Journal",
issn = "1742-4801",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing",
number = "5",
}