Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Aerobic Training in End Stage Renal Disease Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Conditions:
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators raised the hypothesis that exercise training would be associated with improvement in exercise tolerance and VO2 kinetics in hemodialysis patients.
Detailed Description
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with several hemodynamic and peripheral muscle abnormalities which could slow the kinetics of O2 uptake(VO2)and diminished tolerance to incremental exercis...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The sample included end stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis, three times per week totaling 12h weekly, for at least 6 months in the Nephrology Unit at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. No patient had been involved in any kind of exercise training in the preceding 6 months
Exclusion
- unstable angina;
- uncontrolled arrhythmia;
- uncompensated heart failure;
- uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 200 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 120 mmHg);
- diabetes mellitus;
- severe respiratory diseases;
- acute infection;
- severe renal osteodystrophy;
- neurological or musculoskeletal disturbances
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
28 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01234688
Start Date
June 1 2008
End Date
June 1 2010
Last Update
November 4 2010
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Federal University of Juiz de Fora-Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Estudos e Pesquisas em Nefrologia (NIEPEN)
Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36036-330