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Home-based Leg Heat Therapy for Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Control/Sham Treatment and Heat Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease. Completed, enrolled 34 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The objective of this study is to evaluate the benefits of participating for 8 weeks in a home-based daily treatment with heat therapy (HT) or a thermoneutral control intervention, as assessed by vascular function, walking tolerance and quality of life.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Thermoneutral water will be circulated through water-circulating trousers to maintain skin temperature at baselines levels daily for 90 minutes for 8 weeks.
Water at 110 degrees F will be circulated through water-circulating trousers daily for 90 minutes for 8 weeks.