Practical Guide about PAD

23 ↪ Practical Guide about Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) 8.2.3. Devices worn on the wrist Watches and bracelets are also popular and have the advantage of calculating more data than the phone in your pocket. These devices can notify you if you are being too inactive during the day. For example, you can breaking up periods of inactivity by standing up which sends more blood to the legs. Forcing the heart to pump more blood to the blood vessels helps to keep the artery open so that a maximum amount of blood can go through it. Devices worn on the wrist can also provide a fairly accurate heart rate reading, which helps to estimate the intensity of periods of walking 10 . This information is valuable if used properly. Do not try to follow the heart rates requested by the software. The targets do not take individuals’ health conditions into account. The item to monitor, which may be relevant in the case of heart rate, is to notice that, with the same amount of effort, your heart rate will get slightly lower with exercise, demonstrating better quality of heart beats. For judging intensity, it is preferable to use perception of effort, rather than monitoring data on a device. Generally, effort should be moderate and intense for short periods during walking, which may need to be stopped due to claudication.