In patients with peripheral artery disease, home-based walking exercise improved 6-minute walk distance more than supervised treadmill exercise, according to the results of a meta-analysis.
However, supervised treadmill exercise was associated with greater improvement in maximum treadmill walking distance compared with home-based walking exercise. Both home-based walking exercise and supervised treadmill exercise were linked to more improvement in 6-minute walk distance compared with no exercise.
Neela D. Thangada, MD, instructor of medicine (cardiology) at Northwestern University Feinberg