maintenance hemodialysis patients
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Maintenance hemodialysis patients at stable period with over 6 months passed from the initiation of the therapy. Patients receiving adequate hemodialysis (Kt/V is 1.2 and more) with stable blood pressure during the therapy, and the ability to walk over 50 m by themselves.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients with diabetes, orthopedic disorders, abnormal findings such as ischemic change or severe arrhythmia on cardiopulmonary exercise test, heart failure on echocardiography (ejection fraction<50%). patients considered as inappropriate to participate in exercise by doctor.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| serum myostatin level | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| bone mineral density of calcaneus, peak oxygen uptake, muscle mass of lower limb, muscle strength of quadriceps muscle | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine Environmental Physiology for Exercise