Therapeutic effects of exercise interventions for patients with chronic kidney disease: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To conduct an overview of meta-analyses evaluating the impact of exercise interventions on improving health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Design

An umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analyses of intervention trials was performed.

Data sources

PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched from inception to 9 March 2021 for relevant articles.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Eligible meta-analyses compared the effects of usual care with and without exercise in patients with CKD. Health outcomes included those related to cardiovascular risk factors, physical fitness, dialysis-related symptoms, dialysis adequacy and health-related quality of life. Systematic revi

SUBMITTER: Zhang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486234 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature