Open AccessExercise Training in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials
Author(s) -
Birinder S. Cheema,
Maria A. Fiatarone Singh
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1421-9670
pISSN - 0250-8095
DOI - 10.1159/000087184
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , hemodialysis , clinical trial , cohort , quality of life (healthcare) , population , medline , disease , aerobic exercise , cohort study , clinical practice , intensive care medicine , nursing , environmental health , political science , law
Exercise is not routinely advocated in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD), compared to best practice in other chronically diseased cohorts. Lack of widespread awareness of the exercise in HD literature may be contributing to these shortcomings of clinical practice. Therefore, our objectives are: (1) to systematically review trials of exercise training involving adult HD patients; (2) to provide empirical evidence that exercise can elicit health-related adaptations in this cohort, and (3) to provide recommendations for future investigations.
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