Effect of a pedometer-based walking intervention on body composition in patients with ESRD: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A randomized trial of a pedometer-based intervention with weekly activity goals led to a modest increase in step count among dialysis patients. In a secondary analysis, we investigated the effect of this intervention on body composition.

Methods

Sixty dialysis patients were randomized to standard care or a 6-month program consisting of 3 months of pedometers and weekly step count targets and 3 months of post-intervention follow-up. We obtained bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS) data on 54 of these patients (28 control, 26 intervention) and used linear mixed-modeling (adjusted for sex and dialysis modality) to estimate differences in change in total-body muscle mass (TBMM) adjusted for height², fat mass (kg), and body mass index (BMI) (kg/m²

SUBMITTER: Sheshadri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7074998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature