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Home-based Exercise Therapy / Peripheral Arterial Disease · Journal article
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine · April 27, 2026
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This narrative review concludes that home-based exercise therapy produces functional and quality-of-life improvements in peripheral artery disease comparable to supervised exercise therapy and superior to routine exercise education, and is endorsed as a reasonable alternative in contemporary clinical guidelines. The evidence is drawn from clinical trials and meta-analysis, but the review itself does not report original quantitative findings.
Narrative review. Patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease.
HBET programs demonstrate similar improvements in ambulatory function, including walking distance and pain-free walking distance, compared to established SET regimens HBET improvements in functional and quality of life outcomes parallel those with SET and outperform routine exercise education Recent clinical trials and meta-analysis have established HBET as reasonable alternative to SET per latest multi-societal clinical guidelines
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Clinicians should consider home-based exercise as an accessible alternative to supervised therapy for PAD patients with adherence or access barriers, provided programs include monitoring and behavioral support components tailored to individual patient needs.
A narrative review synthesizing evidence on home-based exercise for PAD, concluding HBET is a reasonable alternative to supervised therapy per latest guidelines, but not reporting original trial data or meta-analysis results.
As stated by the source record.
Clinicians should consider home-based exercise as an accessible alternative to supervised therapy for PAD patients with adherence or access barriers, provided programs include monitoring and behavioral support components tailored to individual patient needs.
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What is missing. This record has no reported figures. That is a gap in the analysis, not a judgement about the study.
Purpose of review. Supervised-exercise therapy (SET) is a cornerstone intervention for management of peripheral artery disease (PAD) and is associated with improvement in ambulatory functional status. Despite strong evidence supporting the benefits of SET, accessibility and adherence remains a challenge, underling its full clinical potential. Home-based exercise therapy (HBET) has emerged as more accessible alternative to SET. This paper reviews the benefits of exercise in PAD, explores the role of home-based exercise therapy in the management of PAD, and describes the essential components of HBET in contemporary clinical practice.Recent findings. HBET programs have demonstrated similar improvements in ambulatory function, including walking distance and pain-free walking distance, as established SET regimens. Recent clinical trials and meta-analysis have established HBET as a reasonable alternative to SET, as reflected in the latest multi-societal clinical guidelines.Summary. Functional and quality of life improvements with HBET parallel those with SET and outperform routine exercise education. Successful HBET should include both monitoring and behavioral intervention components to improve adherence and long-term symptomatic improvements. Providers should tailor HBET to the individual patient's needs and limitations. Ongoing research aims to understand the optimal platform to deliver HBET programs to a wide range of patients with symptomatic PAD.
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