Heart and Vessel Department, Division of Angiology, Lausanne University Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Nov 30;21(23):7989. doi: 10.3390/s21237989.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of supervised exercise training (SET) on spatiotemporal gait and foot kinematics parameters in patients with symptomatic lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) during a 6 min walk test. Symptomatic patients with chronic PAD (Fontaine stage II) following a 3 month SET program were included. Prior to and following SET, a 6 min walk test was performed to assess the 6 min walking distance (6MWD) of each patient. During this test, spatiotemporal gait and foot kinematics parameters were assessed during pain-free and painful walking conditions. Twenty-nine patients with PAD (65.4 ± 9.9 years.) were included. The 6MWD was significantly increased following SET (+10%; ≤ 0.001). The walking speed (+8%) and stride frequency (+5%) were significantly increased after SET ( ≤ 0.026). The stride length was only significantly increased during the pain-free walking condition (+4%, = 0.001), whereas no significant differences were observed during the condition of painful walking. Similarly, following SET, the relative duration of the loading response increased (+12%), the relative duration of the foot-flat phase decreased (-3%), and the toe-off pitch angle significantly increased (+3%) during the pain-free walking condition alone ( ≤ 0.05). A significant positive correlation was found between changes in the stride length (r = 0.497, = 0.007) and stride frequency (r = 0.786, ≤ 0.001) during pain-free walking condition and changes in the 6MWD. A significant negative correlation was found between changes in the foot-flat phase during pain-free walking condition and changes in the 6MWD (r = -0.567, = 0.002). SET was found to modify the gait pattern of patients with symptomatic PAD, and many of these changes were found to occur during pain-free walking. The improvement in individuals' functional 6 min walk test was related to changes in their gait pattern.
本研究旨在探讨监督运动训练(SET)对有症状下肢外周动脉疾病(PAD)患者在 6 分钟步行测试中时空步态和足部运动学参数的影响。纳入了进行 3 个月 SET 方案后处于慢性 PAD(Fontaine Ⅱ期)的有症状患者。在 SET 前后,对每位患者进行 6 分钟步行测试以评估 6 分钟步行距离(6MWD)。在此测试过程中,在无痛和疼痛行走条件下评估时空步态和足部运动学参数。共纳入 29 例 PAD 患者(65.4±9.9 岁)。SET 后 6MWD 显著增加(+10%,≤0.001)。SET 后行走速度(+8%)和步频(+5%)显著增加(≤0.026)。仅在无痛行走条件下步长显著增加(+4%,=0.001),而在疼痛行走条件下则无显著差异。同样,SET 后,仅在无痛行走条件下,负荷反应期的相对持续时间增加(+12%),足平期的相对持续时间减少(-3%),趾离地角度显著增加(+3%)(≤0.05)。在无痛行走条件下,步长(r=0.497,=0.007)和步频(r=0.786,≤0.001)的变化与 6MWD 的变化之间存在显著正相关。在无痛行走条件下,足平期的变化与 6MWD 的变化之间存在显著负相关(r=-0.567,=0.002)。SET 被发现改变了有症状 PAD 患者的步态模式,其中许多变化发生在无痛行走期间。个体 6 分钟步行测试功能的改善与他们的步态模式的变化有关。