An Exercise Program for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in the United States: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with end-stage kidney disease receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) are generally physically inactive and frail. Exercise studies in PD are scarce and currently there are no PD exercise programs in the United States. The primary objective of this study was to test the feasibility of a combined resistance and cardiovascular exercise program for PD patients under the care of a dedicated home dialysis center in the United States.

Study design

Parallel randomized controlled feasibility study.

Setting & participants

PD patients were recruited from a single center and randomly assigned to the intervention (exercise; n = 18) or control (nonexercise; n = 18) group.

Intervention

The intervention group received monthly exercise physiologist consultation, e

SUBMITTER: Bennett PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380403 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature