Telehealth Exercise Training in Peripheral Arterial Disease (TEXTPAD) study: A pilot randomised controlled trial in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations

James Prentis; Arathi Radhakrishnan; Eileen Kaner; Sandip Nandhra; Gerard Stansby; Mackenzie Fong; Paul Court; Gabriel Grizzo Cucato

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327633

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Telehealth Exercise Training in Peripheral Arterial Disease (TEXTPAD) study: A pilot randomised controlled trial in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations

James Prentis,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Arathi Radhakrishnan,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Eileen Kaner,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7169-9344

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Sandip Nandhra,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Northern Vascular Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Gerard Stansby,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Northern Vascular Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Mackenzie Fong,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Paul Court,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Healthworks, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Gabriel Grizzo Cucato

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gabriel.cucato@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-8852

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Telehealth Exercise Training in Peripheral Arterial Disease (TEXTPAD) study: A pilot randomised controlled trial in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations

James Prentis,
Arathi Radhakrishnan,
Eileen Kaner,
Sandip Nandhra,
Gerard Stansby,
Mackenzie Fong,
Paul Court,
Gabriel Grizzo Cucato

Published: November 4, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327633

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