Open AccessMortality and morbidity following exercise-based renal rehabilitation in patients with chronic kidney disease: the effect of programme completion and change in exercise capacity
Author(s) -
Sharlene Greenwood,
Ellen M. Castle,
Herolin Lindup,
Juliet Mayes,
Iain Waite,
Denise Grant,
Emmanuel Mangahis,
Olivia Crabb,
K Shevket,
Iain C. Macdougall,
Helen MacLaughlin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfy351
Subject(s) - medicine , proportional hazards model , kidney disease , dialysis , cohort , physical therapy , renal function , log rank test
Twelve weeks of renal rehabilitation (RR) have been shown to improve exercise capacity in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, survival following RR has not been examined.