Klonizakis, Markos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8864-4403, Gumber, Anil, McIntosh, Emma, King, Brenda, Middleton, Geoff, Michaels, Jonathan A and Tew, Garry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-0613 (2018) Exercise fidelity and progression in a supervised exercise programme for adults with venous leg ulcers. International Wound Journal, 15 (5). pp. 822-828.

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Abstract

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. Eighteen participants randomised in the exercise group were asked to undertake 36 (3 times/week for 12 weeks) 60-min 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. The overall session attendance rate was 79%, with 13 of 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. Our data showed that patients with venous ulcers could safely follow a supervised exercise programme incorporating moderate-intensity aerobic, resistance, and flexibility components.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12933
School/Department:	School of Science, Technology and Health
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/6795

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