Can a Self-Directed Walking Program Help To Limit the Rate of Decline in Physical Ability among People with Blocked Arteries in the Legs?

The full report is titled “Physical Performance in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Slower Rate of Decline in Patients Who Walk More.” It is in the 3 January 2006 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 144, pages 10-20). The authors are M.M. McDermott, K. Liu, L. Ferrucci, M.H. Criqui, P. Greenland, J.M. Guralnik, L. Tian, J.R. Schneider, W.H. Pearce, J. Tan, and G.J. Martin.