Combined Dietary Nitrate and Exercise Intervention in Peripheral Artery Disease: Protocol Rationale and Design

Mary N Woessner   ^{1, 2} , BS, MA ;   Mitch D VanBruggen   ² , BA, MA ;   Carl F Pieper   ³ , BS, MPH ;   Erin K O'Reilly   ⁴ , BS, PhD ;   William E Kraus   ² , MD ;   Jason D Allen   ^{1, 2} , BA, MEd, PhD

¹ Clinical Exercise Science Research Program, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

² Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States

³ Duke University Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

⁴ Office of Regulatory Affairs and Quality, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States