A structured, home-based exercise programme in kidney transplant recipients (ECSERT): A randomised controlled feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiometabolic diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) due to clustering of traditional and non-traditional risk factors including poor physical fitness and physical inactivity. Exercise may mitigate the risk of these diseases in this population but evidence is limited, and physical activity levels are low. The ECSERT randomised controlled trial assessed the feasibility of delivering a structured, home-based exercise intervention in KTR at increased cardiometabolic risk.

Methods

Fifty KTR (>1-year post-transplant) were randomised 1:1 to: intervention (INT: a 12-week home-based combined aerobic and resistance exercise programme) or control (CTR: guideline-directed care). The a-priori thresholds for feasibility we

SUBMITTER: Billany RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849866 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature