Can thrice a week of resistance training during dialysis improve cardiovascular health and other outcomes in patients with kidney failure?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: End-stage renal disease; Renal and Urogenital - Kidney disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000496819
• Lead Sponsor: Danwin Chan

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

haemodialysis patients aged greater than or equal to 40 years

medically stable, and adequately dialysed (Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2) for greater than three months

ability to ambulate independently or with an assistive device for more than or equal to 50m

cognition and English language sufficient to understand research procedures and provide written informed consent

sedentary (i.e. less than 120 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week)

Exclusion Criteria

limb amputation, acute or chronic medical condition that contraindicates or prevents the performance of resistance training during hemodialysis treatment,

current participation in an exercise regimen involving resistance training.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A marker of arterial stiffness, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (metre per second) will be measured by applanation tonometry using the SphygmoCor System and Program (AtCor Medical Pty, Sydney, Australia)[Baseline (Week 0), Post-usual care (Week 13) and Post-intervention (Week 26)];A marker of arterial stiffness, augmentation index (unit) will be measured by applanation tonometry using the SphygmoCor System and Program (AtCor Medical Pty, Sydney, Australia)[Baseline (Week 0), Post-usual care (Week 13) and Post-intervention (Week 26)]