Physical activity promotion for patients transitioning to dialysis using the “Exercise is Medicine” framework: a multi-center randomized pragmatic trial (EIM-CKD trial) protocol

Physical activity promotion for patients transitioning to dialysis using the “Exercise is Medicine” framework: a multi-center randomized pragmatic trial (EIM-CKD trial) protocol

Abstract Background Patients on dialysis are physically inactive, with most reporting activity levels below the fifth percentile of healthy age-matched groups. Several small studies have reported efficacy of diverse exercise interventions among persons with CKD and those on dialysis. However, no sin...

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Main Authors: Ram Jagannathan, Susan Lynn Ziolkowski, Mary Beth Weber, Jason Cobb, Nhat Pham, Jin Long, Shuchi Anand, Felipe Lobelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Chronic kidney disease
Exercise is medicine
Intervention
Physical activity
Qualitative interviews
Estimated glomerular filteration rate
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-1032-0

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