Effects of home-based exercise on pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: a randomized pilot and feasibility trial

Abstract Background Only a few research is available on the effects of home-based exercise training on pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Therefore, we aimed to elucidate the effect of home-based exercise therapy on kidney function and arm and leg muscle strength in pre-dialysis CKD...

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Main Authors: Koji Hiraki, Yugo Shibagaki, Kazuhiro P. Izawa, Chiharu Hotta, Akiko Wakamiya, Tsutomu Sakurada, Takashi Yasuda, Kenjiro Kimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0613-7