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. 2024 Feb 28;21(3):e14759. doi: 10.1111/iwj.14759

TABLE 3.

Physical activities comparing.

Reference Country Group Sample size Intervention Physical activity Recurrence
Xin et al. 23 China The control group 26 Conventional care, wound treatment, and compression therapy. 6 patients (23.1%)
The exercise group 31 Six months of lower extremity muscle training program on the basis of the control group measures.

  1. Tiptoe exercise:1 time/d; 5 ~ 10 min/time

  2. Ankle pump exercise: 3 times/d, 10 ~ 15 min/time

 1 patient (3.2%)
Klonizakis et al. 22 UK The control group 21 Standard compression therapy 1 patient
The exercise group 18 On the basis of the control group, exercise group were invited to attend 3 sessions of supervised exercise each week for 12 weeks (total of 36 sessions), each exercise session was scheduled to last approximately 60 min and to comprise a combination of aerobic, resistance and flexibility exercises.

  1. Warm‐up: 5 min.

  2. Aerobic component: 30 min

  3. Resistance 15 min.

  4. Calf exercise:2–3 sets of 10–15 repetitions to the point of moderate muscle fatigue.

  5. Cool‐down and flexibility component: 5 min.

 2 patients