Assessment of physical activity, capacity and nutritional status in elderly peritoneal dialysis patients

Assessment of physical activity, capacity and nutritional status in elderly peritoneal dialysis patients

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of sedentarism, and to assess physical capacity and nutritional status in a cohort of older patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD), with respect to age-matched non-dialysis CKD population, using highly accessible, simple methods, namely t...

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Main Authors: Adamasco Cupisti, Claudia D’Alessandro, Viviana Finato, Claudia Del Corso, Battista Catania, Gian Marco Caselli, Maria Francesca Egidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Physical activity
Nutritional status
Peritoneal dialysis
Esrd
MIS
Rapa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0593-7

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