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Effect Legs Strength Exercises on Activities of Daily Living, Physical Fitness and Fatigue Level in Patients undergoing Hemodialysis: Clinical Trial

Effect of Legs Strength Exercises on Activities of Daily Living, Physical Fitness, and Fatigue Level in Patients undergoing Hemodialysis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20241125063851N1
Enrollment
130
Registered
2025-05-04
Start date
2025-05-25
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-07-21

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Conditions

hemodialysis. Encounter for adequacy testing for hemodialysis

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: the exercises began on the first day of the 4th week of hemodialysis therapy, each exercise session lasted for 25 minutes and was conducted during the first 2 hours

Sponsors

University of Kerbala
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have three and two undergoing hemodialysis sessions. 2. All patients male and female. 3. Patient have stable cardiac profiles. 4. Patients who are regular for HD sessions. 5. patients age from 18 to 60 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who having femoral access to HD. 2. Patients who refuse participant in the study. 3. participants in the pilot study. 4. Patients have physical disability and orthopedic problems

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome variable is the level of activities of daily living that can be changed based legs strength exercises. Timepoint: Before intervention and four weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The Bristol of activities daily living well be used to assess the activities of daily living.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The secondary outcome variable is the level of physical fitness that can be changed based on legs strength exercises. Timepoint: Before intervention and four weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The International Fitness Scale will be used to assess the level of physical fitness.;The secondary outcome variable is the level of fatigue that can be changed based on legs strength exercises. Timepoint: Before intervention and four weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Fatigue Scale (Version 4) will be used to assess the level of fatigue.

Countries

Iraq

Contacts

Public ContactIlham Ghanam Jabbar

University of Kerbala

ilham.g@s.uokerbala.edu.iq+964 773 070 1025

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026