Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 536-544, November 2009

Implementing Exercise: What Do We Know? Where Do We Go?

  • Patricia Painter

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Patricia Painter, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 6-149 Weaver-Densford Hall MC 1331, 308 Harvard St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55104.

School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Exercise capacity, physical functioning, and physical activity are all low in patients with CKD treated with dialysis. Although there is robust evidence that these patients benefit from regular exercise training and/or increasing physical activity, the nephrology community has not adopted recommendations and encouragement for physical activity as a part of the routine care plan. This article reviews what is known regarding the implementation of exercise and provides suggestions as to how exercise counseling might become a routine part of the care of patients with CKD.

Key Words: Exercise, Physical activity, Exercise programming, CKD

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PII: S1548-5595(09)00134-7

doi:10.1053/j.ackd.2009.07.010

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 536-544, November 2009

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